MSD is a global pharmaceutical company providing innovative healthcare solutions through its prescription medicines (mainly in oncology and infectious diseases), vaccines and animal health products.

For 130 years, MSD has been inventing for life, developing medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases as part of our mission to save and improve lives. We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by improving access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programmes and partnerships. Today, MSD continues to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals – including cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases – as we aspire to be the world’s leading research-based biopharmaceutical company.

Number of employees worldwide: about 74 000 – Number of employees in France: about 950