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Merck & Company, Inc. is one of the leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies in the world. The company works to discover, develop, manufacture and market vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. Merck & Company devotes efforts to increase access to necessary medicines. The company offers a variety of far-reaching programs that donate Merck medicines and help deliver them. Merck & Company also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service. The company has locations in Argentina, Venzuela, Ecuador, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Chile, the Dominican Republic and the United States. Richard T. Clark has been the chief executive officer of Merck & Company for more than a year. He has been with the biotech and pharmaceutical firm of rover 34 years. Clark earned a BA degree from Washington & Jefferson College, and a MBA from the American University. Merck & Company, Inc. was established in 1891 and maintains its headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals is the U.S.-based pharmaceuticals operation of Bayer HealthCare, an affiliate of Bayer. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals works for the development, manufacturing and marketing of drugs and treatment products to improve the human health. It operates through various business units, including women's health care, diagnostic imaging, general medicine, oncology, and hematology and neurology. It focuses on diagnosing, preventing and treating a variety of diseases and health conditions. Some the company s products include Cipro, Ciproxin, Avelox, Magnevist, Eovist, Ultravist, VistaTrak and Feridex I.V. It conducts research studies that focus on the development of treatment options and therapies for solid tumors and hematological malignancies.

Sanofi-aventis is a division of its namesake European parent company, which is one of the world s largest pharmaceutical companies. Backed by a world-class research and development organization, the company develops leading positions in nearly 10 major therapeutic areas that include cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, oncology, diabetes, central nervous system, internal medicine and vaccines. The Sanofi-aventis group employs approximately 14,000 employees in the United States located at nearly 15 geographical sites throughout the country. Of these, approximately 8,000 are field sales and medical affairs representatives, making the company s sales force one of the largest in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. Some of its products include Actonel, Allegra, Ambien, Eloxatin, Nasacort, Plavix, Taxotere and Uroxatral. Sanofi-aventis maintains a location in Bridgewater, N.J.