These discoveries contribute to the search for better ways of managing the country's scarce healthcare resources and thereby helping to safeguard one of the world's most accessible and effective healthcare systems.

Merck Frosst is actually composed of two companies: Merck Frosst Canada & Co., which conducts research, development, and manufacturing, and Merck Frosst Canada Ltd., responsible for sales, distribution, and marketing of a wide range of prescription medicines for human health.

Based in Kirkland, Québec, Merck Frosst employs approximately 1,900 people including 300 of the world's leading scientists. Merck Frosst Canada & Co. and Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. are affiliated companies of Merck & Co. Inc. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.

The Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research is the largest private biomedical research facility in Canada. It has recently undergone a $118 million expansion. The Centre employs more than 225 world-class scientists and houses the country's largest privately funded research library. Within its state-of-the-art laboratories, the entire gamut of research is conducted.

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As members of the community, we are proud partners of key charitable organizations such as United Way/Centraide, West Island Community Shares and the Merck Frosst Employees' Charity Trust Fund.