Keyword: Merck

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US Merck Snaps up Prometheus Biosciences for $10.8 Billion

19.04.2023 -

Shares of Prometheus Biosciences soared on news that US drugs major Merck will acquire the company in an all-cash deal valued at roughly $200 per share, or $10.8 billion...

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Germany’s Merck to Invest in its US Chips Business

13.04.2023 -

Germany’s Merck plans to invest some €300 million in an integrated specialty gas plant in Hometown, Pennsylvania, to support the development of its semiconductor business...

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Germany’s Merck Ends Bavencio Pact with Pfizer

05.04.2023 -

Germany’s Merck will regain exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize the anti-programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) antibody Bavencio (avelumab)...

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German Merck and Intel in AI Research Project

10.03.2023 -

German chemicals, pharmaceuticals and life sciences group Merck and US semiconductors giant Intel have signed a letter of intent to fund a European academic research...

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German Merck Licenses Fusion Protein to PDS

10.01.2023 -

Germany‘s Merck has granted an exclusive license for the tumor-targeting IL-12 fusion protein currently known as M9241 to PDS Biotechnology Corporation, a US-based...

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Germany’s Merck Buys Erbi Biosystems

12.12.2022 -

Germany’s Merck has acquired Erbi Biosystems, a developer of the 2 ml micro-bioreactor platform technology known as the Breez. Financial terms were not disclosed. The...

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Germany’s Merck Realigns Drug R&D Strategy

24.11.2022 -

In a move to advance productivity, the healthcare division of Germany’s Merck is realigning its drug discovery and launch strategy. Global healthcare research chief Danny...

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Germany’s Merck Invests in US Biosafety Test Capacity

18.11.2022 -

Germany’s Merck is investing over €290 million in US biosafety testing capacity at Rockville, Maryland, to “significantly increase” its ability to meet double-digit...