Increasing complexity, short-termism and the decline of government funding threaten scientific research productivity

12-Nov-2021

Merck unveiled a representative study on scientific research productivity. Research productivity is defined in this study as the ratio of measurable input (e.g. number of researchers, financial investment) to measurable output (e.g. patents, publications). The study identified four factors that ...

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Group net sales rise by 11.8% to € 5.0 billion

11-Nov-2021

Merck again grew strongly in the third quarter of 2021. Group net sales amounted to €5.0billion. EBITDA pre, the most important financial indicator to steer operating business, reached €1.6billion. Compared with the year-earlier quarter, Group net sales increased by 11.8%. EBITDA pre ...

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01-Nov-2021

Merck and Siemens plan to develop and implement solutions that offer unprecedented levels of digital trust in machine-to-machine (M2M) connected industrial value chains. This would help industrial customers to comply with stricter regulations in the value chain in different countries and enable ...

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Growth through investments in the “Big 3”

13-Oct-2021

Merck announced the opening of its second Carlsbad, California-based facility, significantly expanding its global CDMO footprint. This new €100 million, 140,000-square foot facility will more than double the company’s existing capacity to support large-scale commercial and industrial ...

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Leadership Changes to Further Support Accelerated Growth

30-Sep-2021

Merck announced important changes in its senior leadership team at Group level, effective December 1, to further expand its leading position in science and technology and to mobilize for accelerated growth in the coming years. Alessandro de Luca, currently ad-interim Group Chief Information ...

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20-Jul-2021

Merck plans to invest €270million at its global headquarters in Darmstadt by building a new Translational Science Center for its Healthcare business sector as well as a new Learning Center. The two construction projects are part of the €1billion investment package that Merck announced in ...

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Future Insight Prize 2021 of € 1 Million Awarded to Ting Lu and Stephen Techtmann

15-Jul-2021

Merck announced the winners of this year’s Future Insight Prize. The €1million prize in the category of “Food Generation” was awarded today during the Future Insight Days in Darmstadt, Germany, to Ting Lu, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, and ...

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12-Jul-2021

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced a second collaboration agreement in its Bioelectronics innovation field with Innervia Bioelectronics, a start-up and subsidiary of Inbrain Neuroelectronics S.L., Barcelona, Spain. The aim of the collaboration is to co-develop the ...

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05-Jul-2021

Merck announced a collaboration in its new Bioelectronics innovation field with neuroloop GmbH – a B. Braun subsidiary and early-stage start-up company. B. Braun SE is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical technology and pharmaceutical products. The collaboration seeks to develop a ...

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Chris Round will leading the US and Canada Healthcare business

19-May-2021

Merck announced changes in its operating model for the Healthcare business sector. Chris Round will become President of EMD Serono leading the North America Healthcare business; Andrew Paterson will assume the position of Chief Marketing Officer; and recruitment is ongoing for the position of ...

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