Foundational CRISPR patents now granted in seven markets, including Canada and Europe
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Merck Receives Patent for CRISPR Technology in China
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Merck Sells Consumer Health
Merck to sell its global Consumer Health business to Procter & Gamble (P&G) for approximately € 3.4 billion in cash
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Merck Invests in Startups
Merck and three partners start ExploreBio, a € 20 million pre-seed investment initiative in Israel
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CRISPR Patents for Merck
Patents in South Korea and Israel cover integration of an external DNA sequence into the chromosome of eukaryotic cells
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Merck’s New CRISPR Technology Patent
European Patent Office (EPO) to grant patent application
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Can Anyone Become More Curious?
Merck wants to find out if and how one can increase curiosity
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Alternative CRISPR Targeting Method
Merck develops alternative CRISPR genome editing method
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Phil Baran on What Makes a Good Chemist
Phil Baran about his research and what makes a good chemist
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Merck Acquires Start-up with Retro-Synthesis Software
Grzybowski Scientific Inventions (GSI)’s Chematica can design chemically viable synthetic pathways for complex targets within seconds
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First International Curiosity Study
85 % think that a curios person is more likely to bring an idea to life at work according to a study from Merck