Corporate Profile for Merck & Co., Inc., dated May 26, 2000.

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Published Date:     May 26, 2000

Company Name:       Merck & Co., Inc.

Address:            One Merck Drive
                    Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889

Main Telephone
 Number:            908/423-1000

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL)             www.merck.com

Chief Executive
 Officer:           Raymond V. Gilmartin

Chief Financial
 Officer:           Judy C. Lewent

Investor Relations
 Contact:           Laura Jordan
 Business number:   908/423-5185

Public Relations
 Contact:           Greg Reaves
 Business number:   908/423-6022

Industry:           Pharmaceutical

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:          NYSE:MRK

Company Description:

      Merck & Co., Inc. is a global, research-driven pharmaceutical
company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a broad
range of human and animal health products, directly and through its
joint ventures, and provides pharmaceutical benefit services through
Merck-Medco Managed Care.

Total Employees: 62,300
Number of stockholders of record: 280,500


($ in millions except per share amounts)

Sales = $32,714.0
Research & development = $2,068.3
Net Income = $5,890.5
Earnings per common share assuming dilution = $2.45
Dividends paid per common share = $1.10

All Information Current for Year Ended December 31, 1999