Merck

Merck is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Kenilworth, New Jersey.¹⁾

In May 2002, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation purchased stock in Merck.²⁾

Merck is a member organization of the World Economic Forum.³⁾

Merck is a contributing member of AcademyHealth.⁴⁾

Merck is part of the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and Mastercard to “accelerate treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics”.⁵⁾

Merck is the original patent holder for Ivermectin which has been available for decades and is now off-patent.⁶⁾ It has proven to be highly effective at preventing and treating COVID-19.⁷⁾

Merck is producing and marketing an experimental oral mutagenic antiviral pill with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics for COVID-19 called molnupiravir.^{8) 9) 10)}