Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Has a Good Third Quarter
(WorldNews Germany)

Healthcare and Life Science deliver very strong organic sales growth, Performance Materials reports moderate sales growth Foreign exchange effects (-9.5%) lead to a significant decline of -5.9% in Group EBITDA pre Forecast for organic EBITDA pre development for full year 2018 confirmed Darmstadt, Germany, November 11, 2018 - Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, the vibrant science and technology company, generated very strong organic sales growth[1] in the third quarter of 2018. However, this was impacted by negative exchange rate effects. Despite organic growth, EBITDA pre of the Group also declined in comparison with the year-earlier quarter owing to strong negative foreign exchange effects....