{
  "id": 17945877,
  "title": "Merck KGaA to exit CDMO business, divesting US sites to Lonza",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/merck-kgaa-to-exit-cdmo-business-divesting-us-sites-to-lonza",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-03T09:54:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Endpoints News",
    "slug": "endpoints-news",
    "url": "https://endpoints.news/merck-kgaa-to-exit-cdmo-business-divesting-us-sites-to-lonza/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Merck KGaA is selling its CDMO business to Lonza. The deal covers five manufacturing facilities and about 1,100 employees. While the finer financial details of the pact were kept under wraps, Merck KGaA",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}