Merck axes £1bn London expansion amid warning on UK pharma decline

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2025-09-11

London (PA Media/dpa) - Pharmaceutical bosses have said research and development (R&D) in the UK sector risks "losing out to other countries" as US giant Merck scrapped plans for a £1 billion ($1.4 billion) London centre in a major blow to the industry. Merck, known as MSD in the UK and Europe, is moving its life sciences operation to the US in a move that will impact around 125 British jobs. It had been planning to open a research centre in Lond......

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