By Ying Huang •  November 12, 2008  •  PharmAsia News  •  581 words

SHANGHAI – Merck will close down its plant in South Korea, the U.S.-based drug maker said Nov. 3.
The shut down of the manufacturing facility in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, will mean initial lay offs for 20 of 40 South Korean workers in the production department at the plant.
“Our Korean manufacturing facility will cease production and… Read the rest

By Ying Huang •   •  PharmAsia News  •  627 words

SHANGHAI – Merck KGaA and Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology announced Oct. 29 the opening of Merck’s Asian Technology and Training Center in Taiwan.
The center will provide technical services, application support and a user-training platform for Merck’s biopharmaceutical customers in Asia.
Germany-based Merck KGaA is working on this project with DCB, a non-profit organization… Read the rest

By Ying Huang •  October 27, 2008  •  PharmAsia News  •  1,099 words

SHANGHAI – Eli Lilly opened a brand new Asian office and unveiled a major expansion at a second office in as many days as part of a company-wide shift to a new collaborative research and development model, company officials told PharmAsia News.
Lilly opened a new facility Oct. 15 in Shanghai, which will house its… Read the rest