I worry about the fact Merck (The nonGerman Merck that is) did not buy Flodesign out. It seemed like a no brainer, and Merck (nonGerman) is much more affluent. I doubt Merck will buy German Merck KGaA, but if it did, it would all make sense to me. I suppose at some point Merck is going to bounce up against monopolization regulations. Regardless, missing flodesign's very important technology seems, at first blush, to be a careless error.
Maybe I'm not that coherent this evening, so I'll cease posting until sometime in the future..