UPDATE 1-Merck bolsters animal health unit with $2.4 billion Antelliq purchase
December 14, 2018 at 07:26 AM EST
Merck and Co said on Friday it will pay about 2.1 billion euros ($2.37 billion) in cash for privately held French company Antelliq Group, which makes digital identification products, to open up its animal health unit to the fastest growing segment of the market.