Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations, and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a...

Markets & Companies

Venezuela: Plenty of Room for Improvement

25.11.2017 - Venezuela is one of the emerging pharmaceutical markets in South America, with a major dependence on imports. However, economic and political turmoil along with inefficient patent...

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Fostering Innovation

25.11.2017 - In Brazil, the innovation dynamics is highlighted by the interdependency of agents representing industry, research institutions and government. The scientific research is...

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Trade and Industry Investment of the US Chemical Sector

25.11.2017 - The American chemical industry is a dynamic, forward-looking industry and a keystone of the domestic economy. One of the oldest industries in the United States, the US chemical...

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The Middle East – More Opportunities than Risks

25.11.2017 - The Middle East chemical industry makes good money selling basic chemicals and uses local oil and gas in manufacturing. Hopes are high that the many major investments made by the...

Markets & Companies

UK Chemical Companies Start to Fear the Worst with Brexit

24.11.2017 - In a little over a year, the UK will be withdrawing from the European Union. Yet the future of the country and its chemicals industry is even more uncertain now than it was when a...