12 Current news of Merck
rss09-01-2011
Merck Millipore announced it has agreed to acquire Seattle-based Amnis Corporation. Amnis designs, manufactures and markets high speed cell imaging instrumentation. The technology is used in flow cytometry applications in academic, biotech and pharmaceutical cell analysis and research. Amnis ...
Easy to use detection for food manufacturers and researchers
06-08-2011
Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, announced a simple quick test in its product portfolio can detect EHEC (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) in food. This strain of bacteria has already infected hundreds in Germany and other regions in recent weeks. The infection is ...
Merck Chemicals now comprises two new divisions: Merck Millipore and Performance Materials
07-16-2010
Merck KGaA announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Millipore Corporation, a leading Life Science company based in Billerica, Massachusetts, USA, for an aggregate purchase price including debt and cash of approximately EUR 5.2 billion (US$ 7.0 billion). Merck agreed to ...
Professor Torsi from the University of Bari receives Analytical Sciences distinction
05-06-2010
Merck KGaA announced that the 2010 Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Sciences will go to Luisa Torsi, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Bari in Italy. This marks the first time that the award has been given to a woman and to a scientist in Italy. The award, ...
Combination will create a € 2.1 billion (US$ 2.9 billion) partner for the Life Science sector and transform Merck Chemicals
03-02-2010
Merck KGaA and Millipore Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck KGaA will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Millipore, for US$ 107 per share in cash, or a total transaction value, including net debt, of approximately € 5.3 ...
07-07-2009
Merck announced that the AOAC Research Institute has validated two of its products for the detection of Salmonella in peanut butter products within the scope of its Emergency Response Validation (ERV) program. Effective immediately, food manufacturers and inspectors can use both ...
OncoMethylome's Technology to Be Used in Merck's Clinical Trial Program with Cilengitide
06-11-2008
OncoMethylome Sciences announced that it has signed a licensing and testing agreement with Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, OncoMethylome will provide MGMT gene promoter methylation testing services for Merck's clinical trial program of cilengitide. As part ...
04-03-2007
The Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award 2007 for Analytical Chemistry will be bestowed this year on two leading scientists - Professor Dr. Shuming Nie, the Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA), ...
Gemeinsames Schülerlabor an der Uni mit umfangreichem Angebot
03-26-2007
Die Technische Universität Darmstadt und Merck KGaA investieren in ein gemeinschaftliches Schülerlabor, um noch mehr Begeisterung und Verständnis für Naturwissenschaften zu wecken, den Nachwuchs gezielt und praxisnah zu fördern und um ein Angebot zur Fortbildung von Lehrkräften zu bieten. Es ...
04-22-2004
Merck KGaA, based in Darmstadt, Germany is the sponsor of the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for the promotion of analytical chemistry research. The award is named after the company founder and conferred as a mark of distinction on chemists who have contributed to developing groundbreaking new ...
