Friedrich Jacob Merck purchases the Angel Pharmacy (Engel-Apotheke) in Darmstadt
Merck from Darmstadt, Germany is represented on all continents
Our U.S. subsidi-ary Merck & Co. is expropriated as a consequence of World War I
All foreign subsidiaries are lost and the company starts up again from the ruins in Darmstadt
Our subsidiaries are founded or reestablished around the world
We enter the field of biotechnology, assuming a pio-neering role in Germany
The Institute for Experimental Drug Research is established
Establish Merck Thailand office
Acquisition of Serono/ Millipore/Sigma-Aldrich