German pharma company Merck is to pay $17 billion to acquire Sigma-Aldrich, a specialist in chemicals, kits and services used in life sciences research. Headquartered in Damstadt, Merck is a ...

Merck has been growing its lab supply side to become one of the biggest companies in the business, having bought EMD Millipore (a.k.a. Merck Millipore), which sells reagents and lab tools, in 2010.

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck ... and assay kits starting mid-2025. Applications will include broad workflows across protein sample ...