Merck Invests More Than € 300 Million in New Life Science Research Center in Germany

Research center to accelerate biopharmaceutical product development

26-Apr-2024 - Merck, a leading science and technology company, is investing more than €300 million in a new research center at its global headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. In the Advanced Research Center, the Life Science business sector will research solutions for manufacturing antibodies, mRNA ...

Merck Invests € 250 Million in Production Value Chain in China

04-Nov-2016 - Merck inaugurated its € 170 million Nantong pharmaceutical plant, which is dedicated to producing high-quality pharmaceuticals on China’s Essential Drug List. At the inauguration ceremony, Merck also announced a further investment of around € 80 million in a Life Science Center near the Nantong ...

Merck Acquires Cell Culture Media Specialist Biochrom AG

Acquisition rounds out Merck Millipore’s portfolio of media and buffers used in biopharmaceutical production

23-Aug-2012 - Merck announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Biochrom AG located in Berlin, Germany. The company, with approximately 60 employees and sales of approximately € 13 million in 2011, specializes in the production and marketing of cell-culture media and buffer solutions. ...

Plasticell and EMD Millipore complete licensing deal to distribute fully defined, xeno-free mesenchymal stem cell differentiation media

16-Aug-2012 - Plasticell has licensed EMD Millipore to distribute a superior, single-application osteogenic medium discovered using the combinatorial screening system, CombiCult®.The osteogenic medium is serum- and xeno- free, more consistent and more potent than currently available formulations. Under the ...

Merck KGaA Acquires Supplier to Biopharma Industry in China

11-Jan-2011 - Merck KGaA announced that it has acquired 100% of the share capital of Beijing Skywing Technology Co., Ltd., a supplier of cell-culture media products, related technical services and bioreactors for the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry. The company is headquartered in the Changping district of ...