{
  "id": 17950614,
  "title": "Pharma: Merck sells US contract manufacturing to Switzerland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/pharma-merck-verkauft-us-auftragsfertigung-in-die-schweiz",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-03T10:03:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/pharma-merck-verkauft-us-auftragsfertigung-in-die-schweiz/100266935.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Darmstadt-based Dax group is making a deal in the mid-triple-digit million range with the Swiss company Lonza. This sharpens Merck's profile. It's about locations with over 1,000 jobs.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}