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Merck is to acquire Schering-Plough for $41m, creating a global pharmaceuticals group with a combined UK workforce of almost 3,000 at sites including Hoddesdon, Cramlington, Welwyn Garden City, Newhouse and Milton Keynes. 11-Mar-2009 Merck Sharp & Dohme is to shed 60 jobs at its prescription medicines factory in Enfield, and plans are being drawn up to sell or close the site by the end of next year with the loss of the remaining 80 jobs. 15-Dec-2005 Merck is planning to shed 7,000 jobs in its worldwide pharmaceuticals business, which could affect some of the 1,900 staff at sites in Harlow, Cramlington, London and Hertfordshire. 29-Nov-2005 Merck Environment and Hygiene Analytics has set up a new facility at the Imperial Park in Newport, Wales, to develop systems to test food and food areas for contamination. 10-Mar-1999 Merck is to close its liquid crystal factory in Poole with the loss of 200 jobs, having failed to find a market for the technology that is used to darken windows. 29-Nov-1997 Boots is acquiring Hermal Kurt Herrmann, the German skincare company, from Merck for £174m, and will use Hermal's salesforce to launch its Lutsia range of anti-ageing and anti-acne products into Germany. 11-Sep-1997 Rhone-Poulenc and Merck have chosen London as the headquarters for their new animal health joint venture known as Merial. 23-Apr-1997 Merck of the US is to reduce the UK price of Crixivan, its Aids drug, by 9% in order to match prices in other European countries. 20-Mar-1997 Merck is expanding its pharmaceuticals plant in Cramlington, Northumberland, in a £8.5m investment that will create 66 jobs. 08-Jan-1997
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