Merck Serono Australia Pty Ltd
Merck Serono is the division for innovative prescription pharmaceuticals of Merck KGaA, a global pharmaceutical and chemical group. Merck Serono’s global headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland. Merck Serono discovers, develops, manufactures and markets innovative small molecules and biopharmaceuticals to help patients with unmet medical needs.
Merck Serono Australia is responsible for supplying Merck's innovative biopharmaceuticals in Australia and New Zealand. Merck Serono Australia is based in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney.
| Facts & Figures | |
| Managing Director | David Garmon-Jones |
| Number of employees | 110 |
| Major products – Pharma | Cancer (Colorectal and Head & Neck) - Erbitux
Fertility - GONAL-f, Crinone, Cetrotide, Ovidrel, Serophene, Luveris Multiple Sclerosis - Rebif Growth Hormone Deficiency - Saizen |
| Major products – Chemicals | All Chemical products of the Merck Group are sold in Australia by Merck Pty
Limited, Victoria. They supply Laboratory products and reagents, raw materials for food and pharmaceutical preparation, and a range of Biotech products from Merck Biosciences. |
| Merck Serono Australia Sponsorships of Health Consumer Organisations | |
| Merck Serono Australia provides independent non-directed support to Health Consumer Organisations in order to enhance quality use of medicines by providing patients with disease-related information: | |
| Health Consumer Organisations | Nature of Support |
| MS Austalia ACT/NSW/VIC | Financial to fund MS Nurses |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society Queensland | Financial to fund MS Nurses |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society Tasmania | Financial to fund MS Nurses |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society Western Australia | Financial to fund MS Nurses |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society South Australia & Northern Territory | Financial to fund MS Nurses |
| Access Australia | Fund patient advocacy and support programmes |
| AGITG (Australian Gastrointestinal Trials Group)/GI Cancer Institute Marketing Programme | Support consumer campaigns |
