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*** Chemicals Merck reported a 78% rise in first-quarter net profit to €341.1 million $504.6 million, buoyed by a disposal and sales from life-science division Millipore, which it bought last summer.

Business Watch 2011

FRANKFURT—German chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA reported a 78% rise in first-quarter net profit, buoyed by a disposal and sales from life-science division Millipore, which it acquired last summer.

Merck's Net Profit Jumps Natascha Divac 2011

As recently as 2008, more than 67% of all U.S. biopharmaceutical patents were issued to U.S.-based life-science companies.

Will Washington Find the Cure for Cancer? Kenneth C. Frazier 2011

DFJ Growth has invested in firms such as AdMob now AdMob Google Inc. after being acquired by Google in 2009, Baidu Inc. and Skype Ltd. Focused on technology, including digital media and advertising, clean tech and convergent life-science technologies, it invests in the range of $10 million to $20 million.

DFJ Widens Scope for Target Deals Deepti Chaudhary 2011

Chris Lowe, chief financial officer of Hayward-based Anthera, says the life-science start-up took pains to explain to its 25-person work force months before its IPO that a reverse stock split would happen.

Before an IPO, Companies Look to Reverse Stock Splits Pui-Wing Tam 2010

The charges also included integration costs for recently acquired life-science business Millipore, as well as an impairment loss of €161 million due to overcapacity at a biotech production plant in Switzerland.

Merck KGaA Cuts Profit Forecast Natascha Divac 2011

JERUSALEM—Appetite for Israeli initial public offerings of life-science companies is booming, but critics say the sector is immature and lacks the transparency for investors to make informed decisions.

Israeli Life Sciences Boom Sara Toth Stub 2011

LONDON— Feike Sijbesma may be just 51, but as he enters his fourth year as chief executive and chairman of life-science and materials company Royal DSM N.V., the Dutchman has old age on his mind.

Looking Beyond the Fossil Age William Lyons 2011

The largest high-tech acquisitions in the past few years have been life-science companies.

Israeli Life Sciences Boom Sara Toth Stub 2011

These stocks are analogous to life-science investments because they are not fully baked on their own.

Crop of IPOs Provides Expanded Biofuel Bets Lynn Cowan 2011