Keyword: Merck

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Merck Acquires Dutch Liquid Crystal Windows Specialist

03.07.2014 - With effect from July 1, German chemical and pharmaceutical producer Merck KGaA acquired all of the capital of its long-standing cooperation partner, Dutch start-up Peer+ for an...

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Bayer Issues “Largest Ever” Bond to Finance Merck & Co. Deal

26.06.2014 - In what it called the largest corporate euro hybrid bond transaction worldwide, Bayer has issued two hybrid bonds with a total volume of €3.25 billion as the first step in...

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Merck Serono and Mersana Collaborate on Antibody Drug Conjugates

25.06.2014 - Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Germany's Merck KGaA, and US company Mersana Therapeutics, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have agreed to collaborate on...

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Merck Agrees Sale of Chemische Fabrik Lehrte

17.06.2014 - German chemical and pharmaceutical producer Merck has agreed to sell the laboratory equipment and production units of Chemische Fabrik Lehrte to compatriot Schüssler Novachem, a...

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Merck KGaA and MorphoSys in Joint Antibody R&D

13.06.2014 - Germany's Merck and compatriot biotech firm MorphoSys have agreed to cooperate on discovering and developing therapeutic antibodies against undisclosed immune checkpoints, that is...

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Merck & Co Buys Idenix to Boost Hepatitis C Portfolio

10.06.2014 - Merck & Co has announced it will buy Idenix Pharmaceuticals for $3.85 billion. The US drugmaker plans to combine the most promising drugs in the two portfolios to produce a faster...

Strategy & Management

The Steep Climb Back to Profit

04.06.2014 - If Matthias Zachert mounted the steep steps to the new Lanxess headquarters on the Rhine River in Cologne, when returning to the German chemical producer as CEO on April l, he may...

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Germany’s Merck Supplying Intelligent Headlight Scheme

22.05.2014 - German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA is participating in a new €2 million project sponsored by the country's research ministry, aimed at developing a fully...