Merck Financial Report 1st Quarter 2013

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Employees and regions

At the end of the first quarter of 2013, Merck had 38,311 employees worldwide, compared to 38,847 on December 31, 2012. Merck Group | Number of employees as of March 31: 38,311 From a regional perspective, the Emerging Markets region, which comprises Latin America and Asia excluding Japan, generated the strongest organic sales growth, expanding sales by 11.5% to € 924 million (Q1 2012: € 845 million). This increase was due especially to the performance of the Merck Serono and Performance Materials divisions. The proportion of Group sales accounted for by this region thus increased to 35% (Q1 2012: 33%). In North America, sales grew organically by 5.6% to € [...]

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