Press Career plug About usHealthcare personnelPatient & healthResearchDrugs & Vaccines Clinical studies Pipeline Licensing Vaccines MSD Sweden › Research Research MSD works to improve human health by developing drugs and vaccines that treat and prevent disease. By focusing on diseases that affect many and where treatment is currently insufficient, our research efforts will be of the greatest benefit. A strong research tradition We are traditionally a very research-intensive company and have over the years together with doctors and other specialists conducted many important clinical studies. During our 125 years in research and development, MSD has been associated with a number of Nobel Laureates, the most recent of whom was Dr. William C. Campbell, who was awarded part of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. Sweden has a special position Every year, our commitment to innovation results in investments in research and development globally of almost USD 7 billion. Sweden is special as we have four times as large investments in clinical research as the corresponding sales in Sweden. Collaboration for innovation We are engaged in outcome-based research in Sweden and believe in collaboration between academia, healthcare and industry. By integrating basic research at all stages from molecule to drug, our research contributes to knowledge in a broad perspective. We collaborate with a number of larger and smaller companies and academic institutions in order to best develop new innovative treatments to improve human health. Contact: Katrin Moeschlin , Director of Research Read more about ongoing studies: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov The page was updated on 21 Dec 2016 Copyright MSD Sverige AB Contact MSD Webmaster