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WASHINGTON, Feb 28, 2010 (AFP) – German pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA announced late Sunday its acquisition of Millipore Corporation, a Billerica, Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm for US$7.2 billion (S$10.3 billion).

German pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA announced late Sunday its acquisition of Millipore Corporation, a Billerica, Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm for 7.2 billion dollars (5.3 billion euros).

March 1 (Bloomberg) — Merck KGaA agreed to buy Millipore Corp.

The takeover of Millipore, a provider of purifiers and filters for laboratories, will give Merck a big presence in products for the biotechnology industry.


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