Keyword: Life Science

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EU Approves Merck KGaA’s Takeover of Sigma-Aldrich

15.06.2015 - Germany’s Merck KGaA has won the European Commission’s approval for its planned takeover of US life science company Sigma-Aldrich, subject to certain conditions. The EU green light...

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Merck Appoints Udit Batra to Head Combined Life Science Business

13.04.2015 - Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that Udit Batra, currently CEO and President of Merck Millipore, has been appointed to lead the combined life science business of Merck...

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Bayer's Carve-Out of MaterialScience on Track for 2016

27.02.2015 - The Bayer group is on track to become a pure life sciences group by mid-2016, by which time it intends to have carved out its plastics sub-group, CEO Marijn Dekkers said at the...

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Merck KGaA to Buy Sigma-Aldrich for $17 billion

23.09.2014 - In the biggest acquisition in the history of the family-owned company, Darmstadt Germany-based chemicals, pharmaceuticals and laboratory products manufacturer Merck KGaA is opening...

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SGS Life Science Services Announces Investments at its Shanghai Facility

08.09.2014 - SGS Life Science Services announced that is to expand its Shanghai, China, cGMP chemistry and microbiology laboratories to 2,000 square meter by Q2 2015 and will offer new services...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Power of Combining Strengths

02.09.2014 - The role of chemical distribution is often reduced to sourcing, storing, repackaging and supplying chemicals. However, many chemical distributors - such as Brenntag - offer much...

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TechnoPharm - international trade fair for life science process technologies

30.05.2014 - TechnoPharm, international trade fair for life science process technologies, takes place from September 30 until October 2, 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany. At TechnoPharm, production...