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Acquisition history[edit]

The following is an illustration of the company's major mergers and acquisitions and historical predecessors (this is not a comprehensive list):

Merck & Co.

Merck & Co.
(Founded 1668 by Jacob Friedrich Merck,
confiscated from Merck KGaA after World War II)

H. K. Mulford Company
(Acq 1929)

Sharp & Dohme, Inc
(Acq 1953)

Charles E. Frosst Ltd
(Acq 1965, restructured into Merck-Frosst Canada, Inc,
restructured into Merck Canada 2011)

Medco Containment Services Inc
(Acq 1993, Spun off 2003)

Schering-Plough
(Acq 2009)

Nobilon
Combined into Organon BioSciences

Diosynth
Combined into Organon BioSciences

Intervet
Combined into Organon BioSciences

Organon International
Combined into Organon BioSciences

Schering‑Plough

Plough, Inc
(Merged 1971, Founded 1908)

Schering Corporation
(Merged 1971, Founded 1851)

Idenix Pharmaceuticals
(Acq 2014)

Cubist Pharmaceuticals
(Acq 2014)

Trius Therapeutics
(Acq 2013)

Optimer Pharmaceuticals]
(Acq 2013) Adolor

OncoEthix
(Acq 2015)

DIag2[edit]




The Linde Group
Est. 1879
US Division Est. 1907
Union Carbide
Expropriated in 1917 by US Gov,
merged into Union Carbide
Union Carbide Industrial Gases Inc.
Spun off in 1989
Praxair
Renamed 1992
The BOC Group
Acq 2006
Merger pending, new Holding Company to be formed