Merck Life Science

What’s cooking? 👨🍳 A fresh batch of culture media. As part of sterility testing, this “recipe” is carefully made to detect even the slightest trace of bacteria or fungi that could contaminate medicines or medical devices before they reach patients.

Hello from the Swiss Alps 🇨🇭 Every day, more than 100 colleagues at our Altdorf site help produce active pharmaceutical ingredients and chromatography media that support customers around the world. Check out the views from inside and outside this scenic site.

📦 Packaging engineers push boxes to their limits by subjecting them to intense simulations of real-world shipping conditions. Watch to learn more:

Tiny nanoparticles. Endless possibilities. This is the mesmerizing process behind our Early Formulation Screening Service: designing and evaluating lipid nanoparticles for drug development.

One time treatment. Lifelong impact. We're partnering with Genetix Biotherapeutics to advance transformative genetic therapies for rare diseases, including sickle cell disease, backed by our 75+ years of expertise in analytical and biosafety testing. Watch how together we are helping to bring life-changing therapies to patients.

Life science had a strong start to 2026, with 8.3% organic net sales growth in the first quarter and momentum across our businesses. We expanded our downstream processing capabilities with the close of the acquisition of JSR Life Sciences’ chromatography business, strengthening what we can bring to customers in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. In addition, we continued to invest in R&D, moving innovation forward across research and manufacturing workflows, from the digitally enabled Milli-Q CLX 8Series systems to the FemtoQuest system for ultrasensitive biomarker detection and Millipore Express Ace for more efficient sterilizing-grade filtration. Behind all of this are our 26,000 Life Science colleagues around the world. Thank you for the expertise, commitment and teamwork that make this progress possible every day.

The benchside buddy your lab needs. The AAW Automated Assay Workstation automates routine laboratory experiments, allowing scientists to focus on bigger things. See it in action👇

Brain teaser! Knowing the below, can you answer the quiz? Even the tiniest atomic tweak can cause a noticeable impact on how a drug behaves in your body. In drug development, scientists sometimes swap regular hydrogen for deuterium, a slightly heavier version of the same atom. The structure of the drug stays the same, but that small change can make certain chemical bonds harder to break.

We have entered a five-year agreement with Genetix Biotherapeutics to serve as the sole provider for analytical and biosafety testing for its FDA approved gene therapies. Building on more than 75 years of specialized testing expertise, this partnership supports the safe and reliable commercialization of life changing treatments for sickle cell disease, β-thalassemia, and cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy. As demand for cell and gene therapies accelerates, high quality testing plays a critical role in ensuring consistency, reliability, and ultimately patient safety. Read more: http://ms.spr.ly/6048vMI2O

This packing line checks all the boxes 📦 Our Molsheim, France site launched a fully automated boxing line to support growing demand for Mobius biomanufacturing products, including those used in single-use bioreactors. It improves quality and traceability and also makes things safer and more ergonomic for operators. Watch to see it in action!