Together EMD Biosciences and Merck Chemicals Ltd. are the research reagents group of the Performance and Life Science Chemicals division of Merck KGaA. Merck KGaA was founded in 1668 in Darmstadt, Germany, and now has more than 29,000 employees in 53 countries.

EMD and Merck are the same company.
Merck KGaA has developed twin logos: EMD for use in North America and Merck in the rest of the world

Through EMD Biosciences / Merck Chemicals Ltd., the product brands provide a single source for a broad range of optimum quality research products used worldwide in disease-related life science research. With more than 13,000 products in our portfolio, we offer innovative solutions to scientists at the cutting edge of research.

Calbiochem® Biochemicals offers a wide range of biochemicals and kits for the study of disease states, signal transduction, apoptosis, cell cycle and protein chemistry research. Calbiochem® Biochemicals also carries a comprehensive range of general biochemicals including detergents and proteases.

Calbiochem® Immunochemicals offers high quality immunochemical reagents. In January 2004, the immunochemical product lines of Calbiochem® and Oncogene Research Products™ were consolidated to form a broader immunochemical product line under the Calbiochem® Immunochemicals brand. The Oncogene Research Products™ brand has supplied innovative, high quality, application tested antibodies and assay kits in many research areas, including apoptosis, cancer, cell cycle and proliferation.

The Novabiochem® brand is the industry leader in the manufacture of innovative resins and reagents for peptide synthesis, solid phase organic chemistry and combinatorial chemistry. The Novabiochem® brand is highly respected worldwide for the wealth of technical information available in catalogs and online.

The Novagen® brand offers world-class protein expression and purification products. With the expansion in proteomics research, the Novagen® brand is well placed to support scientists with tools for sample preparation and high-throughput purification and expression systems.

EMD Biosciences / Merck Chemicals Ltd. is engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of a broad array of research reagents used for life science research. Our customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic and research institutions, hospitals and government laboratories.

We are focused on building and maintaining customer relationships that are centred on prompt delivery, unsurpassed technical support and friendly, efficient customer service.