Syngenta and Novozymes Win Taegro Approvals
After more than seven years of collaboration, Syngenta and Novozymes are now entering the commercialization phase of their microbial-based foliar fungicide Taegro.
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Seqens Invests in Second IPA Plant
Seqens, a French provider of pharmaceutical synthesis and specialty ingredients, is planning to invest an undisclosed sum in a second isopropanol (IPA) production plant at Roussillon.
BASF Retracts 2020 Earnings Estimate
BASF has retracted its earnings estimate for 2020 communicated at the end of February, citing a clouded outlook amid the coronavirus pandemic. “In any case, the Feb. 28 forecast will not be met,” it said.
Evotec Links with Leon-Nanodrugs
Evotec has formed a strategic partnership with Leon-Nanodrugs, a German-based provider of nanotechnology for the pharmaceutical industry.
Bayer Biding its Time on Roundup Settlements
Bayer has set aside €480 million to defend lawsuits brought by people who claim that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused their non-Hodgkins lymphoma, CEO Werner Baumann said at the company’s annual general meeting on Apr. 28.
Sanofi says US may Get Covid Vaccine first
Sanofi has urged the EU to create an equivalent of the US government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to coordinate research into a Covid-19 vaccine, or face being left behind.
Trinseo Restructures Leadership
US-based plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber producer Trinseo is once again changing its leadership team as it implements a flatter organization to streamline decision making.
Sekisui Chemical and INCJ Form Ethanol JV
Plastics manufacturer Sekisui Chemical and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) have formed a joint venture to verify and commercialize combustible waste-to-ethanol technology.
Ineos Pursues Chemical Recycling With Plastic Energy
Ineos has joined forces with Plastic Energy to help promote and employ chemical recycling.
Biontech Gets Green Light for German Covid Trials
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), Germany’s federal institute for vaccines and biomedicines, has given the go-ahead for Germany’s first clinical trial of a vaccine candidate to prevent COVID-19.
Ineos Delays Forties Pipeline Shutdown
Due to the coronavirus crisis, Ineos has postponed the planned annual maintenance shutdown of its UK North Sea Forties Pipeline for almost a year, to assure its chemical feedstock customers of sufficient supply amid British government virus containment restrictions.
