Table of Contents
Table of Contents 3
List of Tables 6
List of Figures 7
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 8
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment Deals By Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 9
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 10
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Market, 2012 to YTD 2018 11
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals Summary, 2012 to YTD 2018 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 19
Partnerships 20
Sysmex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck Millipore 20
MDxHealth Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck For MGMT Diagnostic Test 21
Merck and ArcherDX Enter into Co-Development Agreement 22
Definiens Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Merck 23
Merck Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Alibaba Health 24
MilliporeSigma Enters into Distribution Agreement with HistoCyte Labs 25
Foundation Medicine Enters into Partnership with Merck 26
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 27
Exosome Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 28
Guardant Health Enters into Agreement with AstraZeneca, Merck and Pfizer 29
BioMed X Enters into Agreement with Merck 30
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 31
R-Biopharm Enters into Agreement with Merck 32
Emulate Expands Research Agreement with Merck 33
Merck and Pfizer Enters into Agreement with Dako 34
Sigma-Aldrich Enters into Distribution Agreement with LGC 35
Sigma-Aldrich and GenapSys to Co-Market Genius system 36
Merck Serono Enters into Co- Development Agreement with Illumina 37
Abcam Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement with Cell Marque for IVD IHC RabMAb Antibodies 38
Ventana Medical Systems Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Merck Serono for Companion Diagnostic Test 39
True Diagnostics Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement With Merck 40
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Biomatrica For Biospecimen Storage Products 41
Firefly BioWorks Enters Into Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 42
Life Technologies Enters Into Agreement With Merck Serono To Develop And Commercialize Companion Diagnostics 43
Gyros And EMD Millipore Enter Into Agreement To Develop And Commercialize Immunoassay Kits 44
Luminex Extends Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 45
Alchemia Enters Into Collaboration Agreement with Merck Serono 46
GE Healthcare Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich 47
Sigma Life Science Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Olink Bioscience For Duolink Technology 48
EMD Millipore Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Sistemic For Stem Cell Markers 49
Merck Serono Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Auxogyn For Early Embryo Viability Assessment Test 50
Sage Labs Enters Into Agreement With Ekam Imaging To Develop Imaging Assays 51
SciFluor Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For PhenoFluor 52
Little Things Factory Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For Microreactors 53
Mendor Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Merck Serono 54
EMD Millipore Enters into Licensing Agreement with Singulex 55
Merck Extends Licensing Agreement with Progyny 56
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Scripps Research Institute For Research Reagents 57
Cyprotex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Sigma For Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology 58
Equity Offering 59
KalVista Pharma Raises USD9.1 Million in Private Placement of Shares 59
Debt Offering 60
Merck Raises USD916 Million in Private Placement of 0.75% Bonds Due 2019 60
Merck Raises USD801.4 Million in Private Placement of 0.23% Bonds Due 2017 61
Merck Raises USD629.7 Million in Private Placement of 1.375% Bonds Due 2022 62
Asset Transactions 63
Zydus Healthcare Acquires Six Brands from Merck 63
Honeywell International Acquires Research Chemicals Business from Sigma-Aldrich 64
Acquisition 66
Merck to Acquire Natrix Separations 66
Merck Acquires Sigma-Aldrich for USD17 Billion 67
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Cell Marque 69
Proxy Labs Acquires MicroSafe Laboratories From Millipore 70
Merck KGaA – Key Competitors 71
Merck KGaA – Key Employees 72
Merck KGaA – Locations And Subsidiaries 73
Head Office 73
Other Locations & Subsidiaries 73
Recent Developments 83
Strategy And Business Planning 83
Sep 28, 2017: Merck On Course To Achieve Objectives for 2018 83
Sep 05, 2017: Merck Prepares Strategic Options for the Consumer Health Business 85
Jul 21, 2017: Merck Opens New Application Laboratory in Shanghai 86
Jun 29, 2017: Merck Expands Packaging Capacity at Swiss Biotech Manufacturing Site of Aubonne 87
Jun 20, 2017: Merck Ventures Creates New Immuno-Oncology Company iOnctura 88
May 16, 2017: Merck: Optimizing the Further Development of the Darmstadt Site 89
Apr 20, 2017: Merck Provides Upgraded Manufacturing Capabilities to BioInvent with Single-use Mobius Bioreactors 90
Jan 17, 2017: Merck Opens Production Facility Exclusively for Meglumine in Spain 91
Financial Announcements 92
Feb 02, 2018: Merck Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2017 Financial Results 92
Nov 09, 2017: Merck Confirms Outlook for 2017 Despite a Challenging Third Quarter 97
Aug 03, 2017: Q2 2017: Merck Sets Course for Future Growth 99
May 18, 2017: Merck Continues to Grow Profitably in the First Quarter 101
Corporate Communications 103
Jan 26, 2018: Merck Appoints Dirk Toepfer as Chief Information Officer 103
Dec 15, 2017: Petra Wicklandt Appointed Head of Corporate Affairs at Merck 104
Dec 12, 2017: Allan Gabor Takes Over the Leadership of Merck in China 105
Dec 06, 2017: Merck: Resignation of Managing Director 106
Sep 11, 2017: Merck Names Heidi Fagerholm as New Head of Advanced Technologies 107
Aug 03, 2017: Executive Board Changes at Merck 108
Jul 21, 2017: Merck Opens New Application Laboratory in Shanghai 109
May 12, 2017: Constantin Birnstiel to Become Head of Group Communications at Merck 110
Feb 08, 2017: North American Businesses of Merck Certified as 2017 Top Employer 111
Product News 112
Apr 04, 2018: MilliporeSigma to Launch New Flow Cytometer, Host CellStream Workshop at CYTO 2018 112
Other Significant Developments 113
Jul 26, 2018: Merck and Innocore pharmaceuticals to improve patient compliance with new drug delivery technology 113
Jun 19, 2018: Merck to distribute HistoCyte Laboratories’ cell line products 114
Apr 05, 2018: Merck and Schneider Electric Sign MoU to Advance China’s Biopharmaceutical Industry 115
Feb 21, 2018: Merck Invests Additional €40 Million to Enhance Manufacturing and Distribution in Asia 116
Jul 12, 2017: Merck Refines Western European Life Science Production Site Network 117
May 18, 2017: Rational Surgical Solutions integrates Merck Manual of Medicine into Surgery CareSite 118
Mar 21, 2017: Merck Accelerator Hits New Peak of Applications 119
Mar 09, 2017: Merck Generates Record Sales and Continues to Grow Profitably in 2016 120
Jan 12, 2017: Merck and Palantir Launch New Healthcare Acceleration Partnership 122
Appendix 123
Methodology 123
About GlobalData 123
Contact Us 123
Disclaimer 123
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Key Facts, 2017 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals Summary, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 8
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment Deals By Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 9
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 10
Merck KGaA, Deals By Market, 2012 to YTD 2018 11
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals Summary, 2012 to YTD 2018 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 19
Sysmex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck Millipore 20
MDxHealth Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Merck For MGMT Diagnostic Test 21
Merck and ArcherDX Enter into Co-Development Agreement 22
Definiens Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Merck 23
Merck Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Alibaba Health 24
MilliporeSigma Enters into Distribution Agreement with HistoCyte Labs 25
Foundation Medicine Enters into Partnership with Merck 26
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 27
Exosome Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 28
Guardant Health Enters into Agreement with AstraZeneca, Merck and Pfizer 29
BioMed X Enters into Agreement with Merck 30
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Enters into Agreement with Merck 31
R-Biopharm Enters into Agreement with Merck 32
Emulate Expands Research Agreement with Merck 33
Merck and Pfizer Enters into Agreement with Dako 34
Sigma-Aldrich Enters into Distribution Agreement with LGC 35
Sigma-Aldrich and GenapSys to Co-Market Genius system 36
Merck Serono Enters into Co- Development Agreement with Illumina 37
Abcam Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement with Cell Marque for IVD IHC RabMAb Antibodies 38
Ventana Medical Systems Enters into Co-Development Agreement with Merck Serono for Companion Diagnostic Test 39
True Diagnostics Enters into Co-Marketing Agreement With Merck 40
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Biomatrica For Biospecimen Storage Products 41
Firefly BioWorks Enters Into Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 42
Life Technologies Enters Into Agreement With Merck Serono To Develop And Commercialize Companion Diagnostics 43
Gyros And EMD Millipore Enter Into Agreement To Develop And Commercialize Immunoassay Kits 44
Luminex Extends Distribution Agreement With EMD Millipore 45
Alchemia Enters Into Collaboration Agreement with Merck Serono 46
GE Healthcare Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich 47
Sigma Life Science Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Olink Bioscience For Duolink Technology 48
EMD Millipore Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Sistemic For Stem Cell Markers 49
Merck Serono Enters Into Co-Development Agreement With Auxogyn For Early Embryo Viability Assessment Test 50
Sage Labs Enters Into Agreement With Ekam Imaging To Develop Imaging Assays 51
SciFluor Life Sciences Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For PhenoFluor 52
Little Things Factory Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Sigma-Aldrich For Microreactors 53
Mendor Enters Into Distribution Agreement With Merck Serono 54
EMD Millipore Enters into Licensing Agreement with Singulex 55
Merck Extends Licensing Agreement with Progyny 56
Sigma-Aldrich Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Scripps Research Institute For Research Reagents 57
Cyprotex Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Sigma For Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology 58
KalVista Pharma Raises USD9.1 Million in Private Placement of Shares 59
Merck Raises USD916 Million in Private Placement of 0.75% Bonds Due 2019 60
Merck Raises USD801.4 Million in Private Placement of 0.23% Bonds Due 2017 61
Merck Raises USD629.7 Million in Private Placement of 1.375% Bonds Due 2022 62
Zydus Healthcare Acquires Six Brands from Merck 63
Honeywell International Acquires Research Chemicals Business from Sigma-Aldrich 64
Merck to Acquire Natrix Separations 66
Merck Acquires Sigma-Aldrich for USD17 Billion 67
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Cell Marque 69
Proxy Labs Acquires MicroSafe Laboratories From Millipore 70
Merck KGaA, Key Competitors 71
Merck KGaA, Key Employees 72
Merck KGaA, Subsidiaries 73
List of Figures
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals by Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Market, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 8
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals by Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 9
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 10
Merck KGaA, Medical Equipment, Deals by Market, 2012 to YTD 2018 11