During World War I, the company was confiscated from its German parent company and established as an independent American business and fell under the hands of George Merck [12]. With the World Wars came the need for higher research and drug development. George Merck lead the way in America’s germ-warfare research and established Merck’s first research laboratories in New Jersey during the fall of 1933 [12]. To keep up with the growth of the company, Merck merged with Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten and adopted the name Merck & Company, Incorporated [17]. During the Second World War, Merck persevered to develop a series of important discoveries that benefited those at the war- and home-front. Streptomycin and cortisone were mass produced for the first time ever, by Merck & Company during the 1940’s, and in 1953, Merck & Company made one of its biggest advancements, by merging with Philadelphia-based Sharp & Dohme. Soon following, in the 1960’s, Dr. Maurice Hilleman developed the first measles and mumps vaccines and Merck introduced them to the market [17]. These developments during the mid-20th century became ground-breaking events in medical history.