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Merck Completes Acquisition of JSR Life Sciences’ Chromatography Business, Expanding Protein A Capabilities and Downstream Portfolio
Merck Completes Acquisition of JSR Life Sciences’ Chromatography Business Merck Completes Acquisition of JSR Life Sciences’ Chromatography Business Darmstadt, Germany, April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Broadens downstream purification portfolio with next-generation Protein A chromatography for scalable manufacturingIntegrated downstream workflows to improve productivity and help speed access to critical therapies Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that it has succe
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