Germany’s Merck Buying Serono for $13B

September 20, 2006

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MarketWatch) — German drugmaker Merck KGaA on Thursday agreed to buy Europe’s largest biotechnology company, Serono, for $13.3 billion, just five months after the Swiss company took down the for-sale sign.

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