13.09.2019
- Abbvie takes over Allergan, Pfizer merges its generics business with Mylan, Takeda integrates Shire — the pharmaceutical industry is making a name for itself in 2019 with several...
09.09.2019
- The Together for Sustainability (TFS) initiative was launched in 2011 as a joint program of chemical companies for sustainable supply chains. Its goal is to develop and implement a...
26.08.2019
- Patent offices in Europe, Israel, South Korea and the UK have issued seven additional grants for the CRISPR genome-editing technology of Merck KGaA. This brings to 20 the number of...
06.08.2019
- German chemicals and pharmaceuticals group Merck KGaA has signed an R&D agreement with Ewing, New Jersey-based Universal Display Corporation (UDC) to cooperate on developing new...
16.07.2019
- The 34th and, so far, biggest edition of Chemspec Europe attracted a total of 4,295 trade visitors from 53 countries to the exhibition grounds of Messe Basel, Switzerland. During...
20.06.2019
- A special meeting of Versum’s shareholders has approved the takeover of the company by Merck KGaA. The approval ratifies an Apr. 12 agreement that sees the German chemicals and...
07.05.2019
- Through its subsidiary EMD Group Holding II, Germany’s Merck KGaA has agreed to acquire Intermolecular for $1.20 per share, yielding an equity value of $62 million. The US company...
14.04.2019
- Merck KGaA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Versum Materials for $53 per share in cash after the plans received the green light from the German group’s executive board...
