Merck Serono need to move into the 21st Century
Pros
broad therapeutic area expertise Reasonably decent internal training programs and professional development opportunities Very compliance focused
Cons
work culture at Merck Serono is rather controlling and conservative. Very difficult in my experience to change working practices that are supported by archaic and over elaborate business processes. Innovation is an alien term at Merck Serono and the company are too reliant on their historic heritage to adopt new smarter business practices. Their are also too many employees that work at the global or regional level that boss exactly how operations should be conducted at an affiliate country level. The resources at the country level are very sparse and the plans are over ambitious with little opportunity for affiliates to influence at a local level. In addition the pipeline is extremely lacking with no new products been launched in 9 years. New oncology products are in late stage of the pipeline but are unlikely to be leaders in their class.
