EMD Serono

Making a Bold Difference At EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S., we aspire to create, improve and prolong life for people living with difficult-to-treat conditions like infertility, multiple sclerosis and cancer. Imagining the Future As we look to the future, we aim to transform research into first-in-class and best-in-class medicine by doubling our R&D productivity in oncology, neurology and immunology. Delivering Value Beyond the Lab Our patient support programs reflect our desire to improve the quality of education for patients, embedding their perspectives into every aspect of our work. An estimated 2 million people have been helped through our patient support services. Shared values Our success is built on courage, achievement, responsibility, respect, integrity and transparency. These values shape our daily work, the way we meet challenges and our interactions with our customers, business partners and colleagues. Our values are the foundation of our success - Courage Courage opens the door to the future. - Courage requires trust in one’s own abilities. - Courage leads to a healthy self-perception. - Courage supports the competence needed to execute decisions in change processes. - Courage means: We challenge ourselves. - Courage opens us to new ideas. - Achievement Achievement makes our entrepreneurial success possible. - Achievement shapes individual and entrepreneurial ability. - Achievement challenges and promotes our people. - Achievement supports the personal development of our people. - Achievement can be measured by the results obtained. - Achievement ensures entrepreneurial independence. - Responsibility Responsibility determines our entrepreneurial actions. - Responsibility characterizes our behavior towards customers, employees, investors and service providers. - Responsibility means treating our natural resources with care and vigilantly protecting our environment. - Responsibility determines our business decisions, which we jointly endorse. - Responsibility means setting a good example. - Responsibility leads to recognition and acceptance of our business activities. - Respect Respect is the foundation of any partnership - Respect is based on the concept of humanity and human dignity. - Respect generates an atmosphere of esteem, fairness and recognition. - Respect requires open and honest communication. - Respect enables us to work successfully in different cultures and with different people. - Respect means valuing achievement – yesterday, today and tomorrow. - Integrity Integrity ensures our credibility. - Integrity is the cornerstone of what makes us credible to everyone. - Integrity enables us to do what we say. - Integrity obliges us to keep our promises. - Integrity also means being able to say no. - Integrity permits only those transactions and dealings that conform to our values. - Transparency