Keyword: Merck

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Oschmann Set to Become Merck KGaA's CEO

23.03.2015 - Germany's Merck KGaA will promote its deputy chief executive, Stefan Oschmann, to replace current CEO Karl-Ludwig Kley next year, Manager Magazin reported on Friday. Oschmann, 57...

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Drugs Industry Battered by Currency and Competition

13.03.2015 - Both European and US pharmaceutical industry players are highly research-oriented and possess very diversified portfolios. While each country has its national champions, Swiss...

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Merck Serono and Illumina in Oncology Diagnostics Pact

11.03.2015 - Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Germany's Merck KGaA, and US biotechnology company Illumina, based at San Diego, California, plan to collaborate on expanding the...

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Baumann Says He’ll Fight to Keep Bayer Independent

02.03.2015 - Bayer managing board member Werner Bauman, recently named to head the HealthCare sub-group, has vowed to fight for the independence of Germany's largest drugmaker after the carve...

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Germany’s Merck and FlexEnable Find Plastic LCD

13.02.2015 - German chemical and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA and its UK cooperation partner, flexible electronics specialist FlexEnable, a unit of Plastic Logic, have developed a...

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Merck KGaA Places €1.5 Billion Bond for Sigma-Aldrich Deal

10.12.2014 - German chemical and pharmaceutical producer Merck KGaA has issued a €1.5 billion two-tranche hybrid bond as part of its financing package for the takeover of US fine chemicals...

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Sigma-Aldrich Shareholders Approve Takeover by Merck

09.12.2014 - At a special meeting held at the Sigma-Aldrich Life Science and Technology Center in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 78% of the company's shareholders approved the planned takeover by...

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Germany's Merck Plans to Expand in Consumer Health

01.12.2014 - Merck KGaA has no plans to divest its consumer health business, but rather intends to expand it, Uta Kemmerich-Keil, CEO of Merck Consumer Health, said at a media briefing in...