May 27, 2020 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Baylor College of Medicine Announce Collaboration to Advance a Vaccine Manufacturing Platform to Fight Covid-19 • Company will focus on process development and improvements for manufacturing Baylor’s Covid-19 vaccine candidates Darmstadt, Germany, May 27, 2020 – Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, and Baylor College of Medicine today announced today announced an extension of an on ongoing collaboration between Baylor and the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to advance a manufacturing platform to fight Covid-19, designed to accelerate transition to Phase 1 clinical trials.