This doesn't look good - I remember when Merck committed to a +£1Billion investment in the UK was touted as a Brexit win.
Merck executes its own Brexit, moving all R&D operations out of UK

Merck executes its own Brexit, moving all R&D operations out of UK
Less than two years after breaking ground on a ballyhooed 1 billion pound sterling ($1.31 billion) R&D center and future U.K. headquarters in London, Merck & Co. | Less than two years after breaking…