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Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck) is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a range of products to improve human and animal health. The Company’s operations consist of two segments: the Pharmaceutical segment and the Vaccines segment. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical products marketed either directly or through joint ventures. The Vaccines segment includes human health vaccine products marketed either directly or through a joint venture. During the year ended December 31, 2006, five products of Merck received the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval: Gardasil (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine), Januvia (sitagliptin phosphate), Zostavax, RotaTeq and Zolinza. In 2006, Merck acquired Abmaxis, Inc,. GlycoFi, Inc., Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. and a 11% stake in FoxHollow Technologies, Inc.