Swiss construction chemicals major Sika has acquired Kwik Bond Polymers (KBP), a US-based manufacturer of polymer systems for the refurbishment of concrete infrastructure. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Swiss specialty chemicals producer Archroma announced plans to expand its US operations in Martin, South Carolina.
Lonza has appointed Wolfgang Wienand as its new CEO. He will join the company during the summer of 2024 and succeed Albert M. Baehny, who took on the additional responsibility of interim CEO in October 2023 while the search for a permanent CEO took place.
Ineos has completed the acquisition of Naphtachimie, Gexaro and Appryl, which were 50:50 Joint Ventures between Ineos and TotalEnergies at Lavera in Southern France.
Aragen, a CRDMO, has launched the first phase of its biologics manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India. The $30 million project, executed by its subsidiary Aragen Biologics Pvt Ltd, has completed its first small-scale manufacturing project for a US-based organization, producing a novel anticancer monoclonal antibody.
Syensqo has opened its application development labs (ADL) in Bollate, Italy. The project includes an expansion of 1,300 m2 in a new building and represents a €10 million investment over the past three years and underlines the Bollate research center’s pivotal role in developing new applications for high-tech industries, the company said.
US specialty chemicals and materials company Chemours has appointed Denise Dignam as the company’s permanent CEO and president, as well as a member of the board of directors, effective immediately.
US chemical group Celanese and Germany’s Secarna Pharmaceuticals, an antisense drug discovery and development company, entered a research collaboration for the development of long-acting implants that deliver antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).
Sandoz, a generic and biosimilar medicines manufacturer, recently opened a new production facility in Kundl, Austria, to serve more patients with affordable life-saving drugs produced entirely in Europe.
Dow announced its intent to build a world-scale carbonate solvents production facility for lithium-ion battery production on the US Gulf Coast. The plant will serve customers in the lithium-ion battery sector, in which carbonate solvents are used as a component in electrolytes.
Novo Nordisk is to acquire Cardior Pharmaceuticals for up to €1.025 billion Euros, including an upfront payment and additional payments if certain development and commercial milestones are achieved.
UK’s Johnson Matthey (JM) has signed a definitive agreement to sell 100% of its Medical Device Components (MDC) business to Montagu Private Equity for $700 million (£550 million).
In a move to triple its production of glass and polymer syringes for the US market by 2030, Germany’s Schott Pharma announced plans to build its first US facility to manufacture prefillable polymer syringes that meet the need for deep-cold storage and transportation of mRNA medications.
AstraZeneca has agreed to acquire Fusion Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation radioconjugates (RCs).
Greentech firm Afyren Neoxy, a subsidiary of Afyren, received a €3.4 million payment this week for achieving key milestones with its bio-based low-carbon products.
Evonik Vland Biotech, a new joint venture between Evonik China and Shandong Vland Biotech, began operations on January 1, 2024. The venture aims to expand the market presence of their livestock probiotics in Greater China and develop new products. The official opening took place in Qingdao on March 14.
Interview with Edgardo Hernandez, President Manufacturing, Lilly
The CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024, organized by the Nova Institute, announces six nominees for the innovation award “Best CO₂-Utilisation 2024”. Nominees cover topics from carbon-negative diamonds to CO₂-based fuels for transport.
Metrohm USA announced the winner of this year’s $10,000 (€9,200) Young Chemist Award, Ms. Katelyn Michael, a graduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) present a revolutionary approach to the pharmaceutical industry. However, several complexities do arise on a logistical spectrum that diverge from those of traditional pharmaceuticals.
An innovative manufacturing platform called integrated continuous manufacturing (ICM) represents a completely modernized model for drug manufacturing. In contrast to batch processes, ICM’s unique operational advantages will allow for cost-competitive end-to-end manufacturing and enable a more robust and responsive supply chain for critical drugs.
Headquartered in Cramlington, UK, Sterling Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that provides a range of services to the global biopharmaceutical industry, including active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) development, scale-up and cGMP manufacturing, as well as antibody drug conjugate (ADC) R&D and clinical-scale GMP manufacturing.
mRNA-based vaccines against the coronavirus have become firmly established in medicine since the pandemic. Nevertheless, the technology is still at the beginning of its potential. Experts see a wide range of potential applications for this relatively new technology, particularly in infectious diseases and cancer.
Flow chemistry was named as one of the ten technologies that have the potential to make our planet more sustainable in 2019 by the IUPAC.
Numerous articles have been published within the last years in chemical science and business media (including this one) on the advantages of continuous reactions, aka flow chemistry.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help companies in the process industry capture, retain and access valuable historical expertise and ease the transition for new colleagues in the plant.
EuroAPI today announces that its Italian subsidiary, EuroAPI Italy S.R.L., is suspending the production of all APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) in Brindisi.
Generative AI can impact the field of chromatography in various innovative ways. However, great care needs to be taken to validate any use of this emerging technology from a technical, quality and regulatory perspective.
Roquette, a plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients manufacturer, announced today an agreement to acquire IFF Pharma Solutions, an excipients for oral dosage solutions producer, to reinforce its position as a major partner to the pharmaceutical industry.
Aralez Bio, a San Francisco-based start-up, has engineered a platform of enzymes that creates 100 times more compound diversity using processes that are also 50 times greener than conventional methods.
Interview with Markus Mau, President of the ELA, about developments for the logistics sector.
Biorefining allows low-carbon feedstocks – such as lignocellulosic biomass – to be processed into intermediate chemicals that can be made into renewable plastics for the automotive industry. Sonichem has developed a breakthrough biorefinery technique that uses ultrasonic energy alongside mild organic acids to fractionate softwood sawdust into hemicellulose sugars, microcrystalline cellulose and high-quality lignin.
The logistics industry urgently needs digital transformation to ensure quality and to tackle challenges such as the shortage of skilled workers and sustainability.
African start-up Ecorich Solutions uses an innovative technology called “the Wastebot decomposer machine” to convert organic waste into organic fertilizer. The process involves the breakdown of organic waste using soil based microbial enzymes under a temperature regulated mechanism.
Partex Group, an AI-driven drug discovery company, today announces a collaboration with global pharmaceutical company Sanofi, aimed at using Partex’s AI technology to enhance the value of Sanofi's out-licensing portfolio.
