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MERCK SHARP & DOHME - FINDING BETTER WAYS

Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Limited is one of Australia's largest prescription pharmaceutical companies. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (USA). Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of innovative medicines and vaccines. The company employs more than 680 staff throughout its Australian operations and over 60,000 staff globally.

FINDING BETTER WAYS - TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP INNOVATIVE MEDICATIONS

With Merck Sharp & Dohme producing 60 medicines across most therapeutic categories, almost every Australian has been helped by a Merck & Co. medicine. We strive to stay at the forefront of discovery, undertaking research to find new and better ways of treating a broad range of conditions and diseases. Our annual investment in Australian research and development alone exceeds $15 million.

We are focused on building, growing and investing in nine priority research areas:

• Cardiovascular disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Alzheimer's disease
• Diabetes
• Cancer
• Pain
• Vaccines
• Obesity
• Sleep disorders

FINDING BETTER WAYS - TO PROVIDE YOU WITH CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As one of the worlds leading research based pharmaceutical companies, Merck Sharp and Dohme Australia can provide you with unrivalled career opportunities.

Sales; these roles support the sales and marketing of our products. These include roles such as Hospital Representatives, GP Representatives, Sales Managers, Brand Managers, and Product Managers.

Corporate; primarily based out of our head office in Granville, NSW. These include various within the following departments; External & Corporate Affairs, Human Resources, Learning & Development, Finance, Strategy & Business Development, and Information Services.

Research; ; our firm commitment to on-shore Research and Development means there are numerous career paths within Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs including roles such as Clinical Research Associates, Medical Managers, Medical Information Managers and Territory Research Managers, to name a few.

Quality & Logistics; we have various roles with the Quality Assurance, Environment Health & Safety, Packaging and Logistics departments.

FINDING BETTER WAYS - TO INVEST IN YOU

We understand that our employees are our greatest asset. Great business outcomes are only achieved with great people. That's why we insist on creating a culture that is responsive, flexible, diverse and passionate, through the employment of highly driven individuals.

As individuals, teams and divisions, we:

• Care about results and how we get them
• Truly understand and respond to our customers
• Listen hard and learn fast
• Respect and embrace one another's differences
• Challenge and improve the way we do things

In return for your commitment and drive, MSDA has the following to offer you:

• Competitive remuneration which ensures we attract and retain the best people.
• Reward and Recognition programs designed to to reward high performance, including annual incentive programs, excellence awards and long term incentives.
• Career development that helps you achieve your professional goals, - including great in-house training programs, as well as online courses, secondments, developmental assignments, regional assignments, competency plans
• Employee Benefits including paid parental leave, salary sacrifice options, education assistance, flexible work options, education assistance, purchased annual leave, employee assistance program and health insurance.
• Onsite resources - these vary from site-to-site, however head office has a gym, tennis court, onsite parking.

FINDING BETTER WAYS TO - SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BOTH GLOBALLY AND DOMESTICALLY

Merck & Co has been ranked as one of the top three pharmaceutical companies when it comes to providing people in low-income countries with access to affordable drugs, diagnostics and vaccines. In addition to being ranked third overall, Merck received equal first ranking in three areas - philanthropy, drug donations and patenting. The full report can be seen at www.atmindex.org. A few of our community initiatives are listed below.

For more information on how MSDA supports both global and local communities please visit our website.

River Blindness
Merck has donated more than 1 billion tablets of MECTIZAN (a treatment for River Blindness), with more than 350 million treatments administered since 1987. The program currently reaches more than 45 million people in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East (Yemen) each year.

Having been established for 20 years, the MECTIZAN Donation Program is the single largest, longest standing public/private partnership of its kind and is widely regarded as one of the most successful public-private health collaborations in the world.

The fight against HIV
Accelerating Access Initiative - this partnership improves access to HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries and Merck's contribution means that those countries hardest hit by AIDS will receive our HIV/AIDS medications with no charge.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Merck Company Foundation each have contributed US $50 million over several years to the partnership.

CanTeen
This is an extract from an interview with the New South Wales Division of CanTeen, the Australian organisation that works to support, develop and empower young people aged 12-24, living with cancer.

CanTeen: 'In the New South Wales division, Merck Sharp & Dohme is our largest and longest-running corporate supporter. They encourage donations from their staff and then the company matches that and the money comes straight to us. They're the biggest corporate supporter we have.'

For more information on Merck Sharp and Dohme Australia please visit: www.msd-australia.com.au