Merck & Co's London investment a welcome therapy for UK government

27 November 2017
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Pro-Brexit politicians and the Conservative government have spent months stressing that the UK will remain an attractive place for investment in multiple sectors after the country leaves the European Union, so they will be grateful for an announcement made by a US pharma giant on Monday.

Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) has said that it will establish a state of the art life sciences discovery research facility in London, focussed on early bioscience discovery and entrepreneurial innovation.

"We believe London to be a unique bioscience center of excellence"

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