Merck Serono

pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals
Organization business Q2779401
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Summary

Merck Serono is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Merck Serono was a member of Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[3].
  • Merck Serono is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Merck Serono is in the country of IL[5].
  • Merck Serono is in the country of CH[6].
  • Merck Serono is in the country of GB[7].
  • Merck Serono's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • Merck Serono's instance of is recorded as enterprise[9].
  • Merck Serono is owned by Merck KGaA[10].
  • Merck Serono's headquarters location is recorded as Darmstadt[11].
  • Merck Serono's child organization or unit is recorded as EMD Serono (United States)[12].
  • Merck Serono's child organization or unit is recorded as Merck Serono[13].
  • Merck Serono's child organization or unit is recorded as Merck Serono (Switzerland)[14].
  • Merck Serono's Commons category is recorded as Merck Serono[15].
  • Merck Serono's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[16].
  • January 1, 2007 marks the founding of Merck Serono[17].
  • 1997-08-07 marks the founding of Merck Serono[18].
  • 1987-05-21 marks the founding of Merck Serono[19].
  • Merck Serono's parent organization or unit is recorded as Merck KGaA[20].
  • Merck Serono's official website is recorded as http://www.merckserono.com/en/index.html[21].
  • Merck Serono's legal form is recorded as S.A.[22].
  • Merck Serono's legal form is recorded as 9999[23].
  • Merck Serono's legal form is recorded as MVII[24].
  • Merck Serono's legal form is recorded as H0PO[25].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900GTOLV18SA95460[26]

  • Registered legal name: Merck Serono Ltd.[27]

  • Legal jurisdiction: IL[28]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[29]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 9999[30]

  • Other legal form: Limited[31]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[32]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[33]

  • Entity created: 1997-08-07[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-12-17[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2024-10-22[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2024-02-21[37]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000406[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 510825680[40]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[41]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 2007[17], 1997-08-07[18], and 1987-05-21[19].

Operations

Merck Serono's headquarters location is recorded as Darmstadt[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Merck KGaA[20]. Subsidiaries include EMD Serono (United States)[12], a business[42], in United States[43], headquartered in Rockland[44]; it[13], a business[45], in Italy[46], founded in 1668[47], headquartered in Rome[48]; and it (Switzerland)[14], a pharmaceutical company[49], in Switzerland[50], founded in 2007[51], headquartered in Geneva[52].

Industry

Merck Serono's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[16].

Ownership

Merck Serono is owned by Merck KGaA[10].

Why It Matters

Merck Serono ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . isni.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . isni.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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