Merck KGaA has plenty of resources to devote to big M&A deals… But company executives told shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday that future growth may be less about giant acquisitions than it is about making strategic deals and internal changes to boost its pipeline.
Toward that end, the company is searching for pharma licensing deals and planning to invest €100 million ($138 million) in biosimilars, according to a company statement.
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