MilliporeSigma is the Life Sciences division of German based company, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (not to be confused with the U.S. based company Merck & Co.). The company provides a variety of products for industrial microbiology, biopharmaceutical manufacturing including cell culture media and cell culture filtration systems. They also provide biopharmaceutical and biomanufacturing services including process design for cell culture growth and harvest, cell line characterization as well as equipment and lab productivity enhancement and regulatory compliance services.