Not very.
But, I think organizations as large as Merck have large internal inconsistencies. Press releases are supposed to apply to and represent the entire company, but they don't. The vetting and approval process for the releases only go so deep, and, in my experience, do not reach into the non-managerial technical staff. The customer-facing soft-skill side of the company can have an agenda that does not reflect the best technical work and opinion of the company. The companies are large enough that they can potentially squander reputation and waste resources to curry favor of public/political opinion for a long time before damaging their bottom line.
I am holding out for the silent majority in these companies. The scientists and engineers who see the obvious solution to this problem, but are nowhere near the levers of power.
I do not damn the company as Sinister, for the sake of the righteous within.
Editors used to keep this high-school doggerel out of the public eye.