Vendor:Merck KGaA
| Type | Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien |
|---|---|
| Industry |
Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Life sciences |
| Headquarters | Frankfurter Straße 250, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Number of locations | Multiple |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Lenexo Inventory Manager |
| Divisions | MilliporeSigma |
| Website |
emdgroup.com emdmillipore.com brightlab.com |
| https://www.linkedin.com/company/emd-affiliates-of-merck-kgaa-darmstadt-germany/ |
Merck KGaA—operating as Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in Europe and MilliporeSigma in North America—is a pharmaceutical, chemical, and life sciences business operating in close to 70 countries.
History
The company was reportedly founded in 1668 and remains "the oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company in the world."[1] In recent times, the company is notable for its acquisition of Millipore Corp. in 2010[2] and Sigma-Aldrich in 2015, which combined with Millipore would become MilliporeSigma in North America.[3]
In 2023, the Brightlab website went dark. Further investigation shows that the Brightlab website began forwarding to MilliporeSigma's Lanexo Inventory Manager software site.[4] As Lanexo doesn't seem to list ELN functionality, it appears the original idea of an ELN was abandoned by MilliporeSigma.
Prior offerings
BrightLab was a cloud-based laboratory informatics solution that is designed to enable researchers to "control all aspects of the experiment lifecycle from a single, easy-to-configure platform." [5] BrightLab combined electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) functionality with integrated modules for inventory and request management, Sigma-Aldrich ordering, and instrument scheduling.[5]
In addition, BrightLab allowed users the option to connect their instrument data to their ELN in order to "automate the capturing, tagging, storing, parsing, and analyzing of data." [6] The software was hosted in the cloud under the software as a service (SaaS) distribution model.
Technology and products
Lenexo Inventory Manager
Lenexo Inventory Manager is an inventory management software solution that "gives you access to real-time inventory data, such as SDS, opening/expiry dates, location, and disposal information."[7]
References
- ↑ "History". Merck KGaA. https://www.emdgroup.com/en/company/who-we-are/history.html. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ↑ "Germany's Merck to buy Millipore in $7.2 billion transaction". MarketWatch. 1 March 2010. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/merck-buys-millipore-in-72-billion-deal-2010-02-28. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ↑ Reisch, M.S. (19 November 2015). "The Making Of MilliporeSigma". Chemical & Engineering News. https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/11/merck-kgaa-completes-sigma-aldrich-acquisition.html. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ↑ "Brightlab". Merck KGaA. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230726004217/https://www.brightlab.com/. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "BrightLab". Merck KGaA. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190628121659/https://www.brightlab.com/. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ "BrightLab Instrument Connect". Merck KGaA. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928014748/https://www.brightlab.com/instrument-connect/. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ "Lenexo Inventory Manager". Merck KGaA. https://lanexo.com/. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
