ROCKLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EMD Serono, Inc., an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the company is providing Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with a $1.5M grant for the development of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Discovery Forum, an advanced scientific web community. The MS Discovery Forum will bring together members of the MS research community and foster on-line discussions, facilitate collaborations, create opportunities for translational research and speed the development of treatments.