London-based LabGenius, which uses ML to find and design antibody therapies to treat cancer, raised a £35M Series B led by Merck's VC arm, M Ventures
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Merck settles its cyberattack insurance dispute with insurers over denying coverage for NotPetya losses due to “Warlike Action”; the amount was not disclosed
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Sources: Merck's bid for Japanese chip materials maker JSR, not disclosed to JSR shareholders, triggered a $6.4B offer by a state-backed fund in June 2023
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US court rules in favor of pharma giant Merck in a $1.4B legal dispute with insurers who claimed an “Act of War” exclusion to deny coverage for NotPetya losses
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Hundreds of executives and companies, including Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, sign a statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation” around voting
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Palantir to set up a joint venture called Syntropy with German lab supplies company Merck KGaA to offer cancer data analytics tools to research centers
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US drug giant Merck says NotPetya cyberattack cost ~$310M in Q3, affecting its global manufacturing, research, and sales operations, may cost ~$300M more in Q4
The NotPetya cyberattack has cost the American pharmaceutical giant Merck more than $135 million in sales and $175 million …
Ransomware attack spreads to orgs in Britain, US, and Europe, including ad firm WPP, Chernobyl power plant, shipping giant Maersk, US hospital, Merck, more
what's happening and how to protect yourself Zeljka Zorz / Help Net Security : NotPetya outbreak: What we know so far Nandini Yadav / bgr.in : Petya ransomware spreads globally; social media is gracef...
Merck's CIO Clark Golestani on working with and incubating tech startups for the pharmaceutial company's IT needs
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