Delaware approves $30M grant for possible Merck site

WILMINGTON – The Delaware state investment board has unanimously approved a $30.2 million taxpayer-funded grant to Merck & Company Monday, signaling that the pharmaceutical giant may be building a $900 million facility at the Chestnut Run Innovation and Science Park (CRISP).

Merck representatives have invested a year in designing a new manufacturing facility that would be 450,000 square…