Table of Contents
Table of Contents 3
List of Tables 6
List of Figures 7
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Year, 2011 to YTD 2017 8
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment Deals By Type, 2011 to YTD 2017 9
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Region, 2011 to YTD 2017 10
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Market, 2011 to YTD 2017 11
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals Summary, 2011 to YTD 2017 12
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deal Details 15
Asset Purchase 15
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Duolink Product Portfolio from Olink Bioscience 15
BioReliance To Acquire Rights To Big Blue Colonies and Cell Lines From Agilent Technologies 16
Venture Financing 17
DNA Script Raises USD13.2 Million in Series A Financing 17
SerImmune Raises USD8 Million in Venture Financing 18
Partnerships 19
Sysmex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck Millipore 19
MDxHealth Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck For MGMT Diagnostic Test 20
Sigma Aldrich Enters Into Licensing Agreement With HealthLinx 21
Exosome Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 22
BioMed X Enters into Agreement with Merck 23
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 24
R-Biopharm Enters into Agreement with Merck 25
Emulate Expands Research Agreement with Merck 26
Merck and Pfizer Enters into Agreement with Dako 27
Sigma-Aldrich Enters into Distribution Agreement with LGC 28
Sigma-Aldrich and GenapSys to Co-Market Genius system 29
Merck Serono Enters into Co- Development Agreement with Illumina 30
Abcam Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement with Cell Marque for IVD IHC RabMAb Antibodies 31
Ventana Medical Systems Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Merck Serono for Companion Diagnostic Test 32
True Diagnostics Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement With Merck 33
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Biomatrica For Biospecimen Storage Products 34
Firefly BioWorks Enters Into Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 35
Life Technologies Enters Into Agreement With Merck Serono To Develop And Commercialize Companion Diagnostics 36
Gyros And EMD Millipore Enter Into Agreement To Develop And Commercialize Immunoassay Kits 37
Luminex Extends Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 38
Alchemia Enters Into Collaboration Agreement with Merck Serono 39
GE Healthcare Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich 40
Sigma Life Science Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Olink Bioscience For Duolink Technology 41
EMD Millipore Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Sistemic For Stem Cell Markers 42
Merck Serono Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Auxogyn For Early Embryo Viability Assessment Test 43
Sage Labs Enters Into Agreement With Ekam Imaging To Develop Imaging Assays 44
SciFluor Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For PhenoFluor 45
Little Things Factory Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For Microreactors 46
Mendor Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Merck Serono 47
Fluxion Biosciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 48
Diffinity Genomics Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich 49
Sigma Life Science Signs An Agreement With Kraig Biocraft Labs 50
Merck Extends Licensing Agreement with Progyny 51
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Scripps Research Institute For Research Reagents 52
Cyprotex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Sigma For Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology 53
Sigma Life Science Enters Into Licensing Agreement With King’s College London 54
Equity Offering 55
KalVista Pharma Raises USD9.1 Million in Private Placement of Shares 55
Debt Offering 56
Merck Raises USD916 Million in Private Placement of 0.75% Bonds Due 2019 56
Merck Raises USD801.4 Million in Private Placement of 0.23% Bonds Due 2017 57
Merck Raises USD629.7 Million in Private Placement of 1.375% Bonds Due 2022 58
Asset Transactions 59
Zydus Healthcare Acquires Six Brands from Merck 59
Honeywell International Acquires Research Chemicals Business from Sigma-Aldrich 60
Acquisition 62
Merck to Acquire Natrix Separations 62
Merck Acquires Sigma-Aldrich for USD17 Billion 63
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Cell Marque 65
Proxy Labs Acquires MicroSafe Laboratories From Millipore 66
Sigma-Aldrich Completes Acquisition Of BioReliance For US$350 Million 67
EMD Millipore Completes Acquisition Of Amnis For US$103 Million 69
Merck Acquires heipha Dr. Muller And Related Assets From Biotest 71
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Resource Technology 73
Merck KGaA – Key Competitors 74
Merck KGaA – Key Employees 75
Merck KGaA – Locations And Subsidiaries 76
Head Office 76
Other Locations & Subsidiaries 76
Recent Developments 86
Strategy And Business Planning 86
Sep 28, 2017: Merck On Course To Achieve Objectives for 2018 86
Sep 05, 2017: Merck Prepares Strategic Options for the Consumer Health Business 88
Jul 21, 2017: Merck Opens New Application Laboratory in Shanghai 89
Jun 29, 2017: Merck Expands Packaging Capacity at Swiss Biotech Manufacturing Site of Aubonne 90
Jun 20, 2017: Merck Ventures Creates New Immuno-Oncology Company iOnctura 91
May 16, 2017: Merck: Optimizing the Further Development of the Darmstadt Site 92
Apr 20, 2017: Merck Provides Upgraded Manufacturing Capabilities to BioInvent with Single-use Mobius Bioreactors 93
Jan 17, 2017: Merck Opens Production Facility Exclusively for Meglumine in Spain 94
Oct 13, 2016: Merck Sets its Sights on 2018 and Outlines Future Strategic Roadmap 95
Jun 17, 2016: Merck Family Foundation Established 97
Jun 09, 2016: Consumer Health To Play A Pivotal Role In Merck’s Africa Growth Strategy 98
Financial Announcements 99
Nov 09, 2017: Merck Confirms Outlook for 2017 Despite a Challenging Third Quarter 99
Aug 03, 2017: Q2 2017: Merck Sets Course for Future Growth 101
May 18, 2017: Merck Continues to Grow Profitably in the First Quarter 103
Aug 04, 2016: Merck Lifts Forecast Following Good Second Quarter 105
Mar 08, 2016: Merck Finishes Record Year 2015 Stronger 108
Corporate Communications 110
Dec 15, 2017: Petra Wicklandt Appointed Head of Corporate Affairs at Merck 110
Dec 12, 2017: Allan Gabor Takes Over the Leadership of Merck in China 111
Dec 06, 2017: Merck: Resignation of Managing Director 112
Sep 11, 2017: Merck Names Heidi Fagerholm as New Head of Advanced Technologies 113
Aug 03, 2017: Executive Board Changes at Merck 114
Jul 21, 2017: Merck Opens New Application Laboratory in Shanghai 115
May 12, 2017: Constantin Birnstiel to Become Head of Group Communications at Merck 116
Feb 08, 2017: North American Businesses of Merck Certified as 2017 Top Employer 117
Sep 23, 2016: Merck Appoints Isabel De Paoli as Chief Strategy Officer 118
Jul 15, 2016: Dietmar Eidens Appointed Chief HR Officer of Merck 119
Jun 01, 2016: Merck’s Belen Garijo Receives Prestigious Career Award 120
Apr 14, 2016: Merck Appoints Maya Martinez-Davis as Global Head of Oncology 121
Mar 29, 2016: MilliporeSigma’s CRISPR Epigenetic Activator Named to The Scientist’s Top 10 Innovation List 122
Jan 27, 2016: Merck Announces New Biopharma Heads for North America and China 123
Legal and Regulatory 124
Apr 14, 2016: Merck Responds to Legal Claims in the U.S. 124
Jan 15, 2016: Merck Announces Favorable English Court Ruling on Name Use 125
Product News 126
Dec 02, 2016: Merck Introduces MILLIPLEX High Sensitivity Panel for Faster, More Economical Cytokine Assays 126
Oct 13, 2016: Merck Introduces First Certified Spiking Solution of Heavy Labeled Thyroglobulin Protein 127
Aug 03, 2016: Merck Expands Portfolio of Certified Reference Materials for Applied Diagnostics and Testing 128
May 11, 2016: Merck Expands Popular Line of Guava Flow Cytometers 129
May 09, 2016: Merck Launches First Commercially Available Equine-Specific Multiplex Assay for Protein Biomarkers 130
Apr 14, 2016: Merck Supports Next Generation of Scientists at USA Science & Engineering Festival 131
Mar 07, 2016: Life Science Leader MilliporeSigma Launches New Innovations at Pittcon 2016 132
02/03/2016: Merck Set To Launch New Version Of Fertility Pens 133
Other Significant Developments 134
Jul 12, 2017: Merck Refines Western European Life Science Production Site Network 134
May 18, 2017: Rational Surgical Solutions integrates Merck Manual of Medicine into Surgery CareSite 135
Mar 21, 2017: Merck Accelerator Hits New Peak of Applications 136
Mar 09, 2017: Merck Generates Record Sales and Continues to Grow Profitably in 2016 137
Jan 12, 2017: Merck and Palantir Launch New Healthcare Acceleration Partnership 139
Nov 15, 2016: Merck Raises Profit Forecast for 2016 Following Good Third Quarter 140
Jul 19, 2016: MilliporeSigma Starts Construction on $115 Million Multi-faceted Life Science Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts 142
Jun 30, 2016: Merck Welcomes ZEISS and Hamilton Thorne as New Members of the Global Fertility Alliance 143
May 19, 2016: Merck Increases Sales and Earnings in Q1 Following Sigma-Aldrich Acquisition 144
Apr 29, 2016: Merck Annual General Meeting 2016: CEO Handover After Ten Successful Years 146
Apr 26, 2016: Saviynt Selected by the Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to Secure Its Next-Generation SAP and S/4HANA Platform 148
Appendix 149
Methodology 149
About GlobalData 149
Contact Us 149
Disclaimer 149
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Key Facts, 2016 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals Summary, 2011 to YTD 2017 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Year, 2011 to YTD 2017 8
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment Deals By Type, 2011 to YTD 2017 9
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Region, 2011 to YTD 2017 10
Merck KGaA, Deals By Market, 2011 to YTD 2017 11
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals Summary, 2011 to YTD 2017 12
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Duolink Product Portfolio from Olink Bioscience 15
BioReliance To Acquire Rights To Big Blue Colonies and Cell Lines From Agilent Technologies 16
DNA Script Raises USD13.2 Million in Series A Financing 17
SerImmune Raises USD8 Million in Venture Financing 18
Sysmex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck Millipore 19
MDxHealth Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck For MGMT Diagnostic Test 20
Sigma Aldrich Enters Into Licensing Agreement With HealthLinx 21
Exosome Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 22
BioMed X Enters into Agreement with Merck 23
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 24
R-Biopharm Enters into Agreement with Merck 25
Emulate Expands Research Agreement with Merck 26
Merck and Pfizer Enters into Agreement with Dako 27
Sigma-Aldrich Enters into Distribution Agreement with LGC 28
Sigma-Aldrich and GenapSys to Co-Market Genius system 29
Merck Serono Enters into Co- Development Agreement with Illumina 30
Abcam Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement with Cell Marque for IVD IHC RabMAb Antibodies 31
Ventana Medical Systems Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Merck Serono for Companion Diagnostic Test 32
True Diagnostics Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement With Merck 33
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Biomatrica For Biospecimen Storage Products 34
Firefly BioWorks Enters Into Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 35
Life Technologies Enters Into Agreement With Merck Serono To Develop And Commercialize Companion Diagnostics 36
Gyros And EMD Millipore Enter Into Agreement To Develop And Commercialize Immunoassay Kits 37
Luminex Extends Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 38
Alchemia Enters Into Collaboration Agreement with Merck Serono 39
GE Healthcare Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich 40
Sigma Life Science Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Olink Bioscience For Duolink Technology 41
EMD Millipore Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Sistemic For Stem Cell Markers 42
Merck Serono Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Auxogyn For Early Embryo Viability Assessment Test 43
Sage Labs Enters Into Agreement With Ekam Imaging To Develop Imaging Assays 44
SciFluor Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For PhenoFluor 45
Little Things Factory Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For Microreactors 46
Mendor Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Merck Serono 47
Fluxion Biosciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 48
Diffinity Genomics Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich 49
Sigma Life Science Signs An Agreement With Kraig Biocraft Labs 50
Merck Extends Licensing Agreement with Progyny 51
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Scripps Research Institute For Research Reagents 52
Cyprotex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Sigma For Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology 53
Sigma Life Science Enters Into Licensing Agreement With King's College London 54
KalVista Pharma Raises USD9.1 Million in Private Placement of Shares 55
Merck Raises USD916 Million in Private Placement of 0.75% Bonds Due 2019 56
Merck Raises USD801.4 Million in Private Placement of 0.23% Bonds Due 2017 57
Merck Raises USD629.7 Million in Private Placement of 1.375% Bonds Due 2022 58
Zydus Healthcare Acquires Six Brands from Merck 59
Honeywell International Acquires Research Chemicals Business from Sigma-Aldrich 60
Merck to Acquire Natrix Separations 62
Merck Acquires Sigma-Aldrich for USD17 Billion 63
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Cell Marque 65
Proxy Labs Acquires MicroSafe Laboratories From Millipore 66
Sigma-Aldrich Completes Acquisition Of BioReliance For US$350 Million 67
EMD Millipore Completes Acquisition Of Amnis For US$103 Million 69
Merck Acquires heipha Dr. Muller And Related Assets From Biotest 71
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Resource Technology 73
Merck KGaA, Key Competitors 74
Merck KGaA, Key Employees 75
Merck KGaA, Subsidiaries 76