Merck KGaA presses on with 250 million euros investment in Chinese production facilities

4 November 2016
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German pharma major Merck KGaA (MRK: DE) has inaugurated its 170 million euros ($189 million) Nantong pharmaceutical plant in China at the same time as announcing a further 80 million euros investment in a life sciences center nearby.

Merck KGaA is the first multinational company to dedicate a green-field investment to the production of pharmaceuticals on China’s Essential Drug List, something which goes on at the Nantong plant, while the life science center will manufacture high-purity inorganic salts, cell culture media products as well as ready-to-use media.

"China is of strategic importance to Merck KGaA as a key driver of our sustainable growth"

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