$400M Singapore unit opened by Merck & Co
Merck & Co has opened a new $400 million bulk chemical manufacturingplant in Singapore, which will produce active ingredients for the company's asthma treatments, such as its leukotriene antagonist Singulair (montelukast) and for arthritis drugs like Vioxx (rofecoxib), according to the Associated Press.
About 160 people will be employed at the new facility, said Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan, who claimed that the plant will help Singapore's push to develop its biomedical science industry.
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