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Novozymes Boosts Gut Health with PrecisionBiotics

Danish biotech Novozymes has acquired Ireland’s PrecisionBiotics Group for €80 million on a cash and debt-free basis.

Agilyx in Styrene Partnership with TechnipFMC

Agilyx has entered into an exclusive collaboration with engineering contractor TechnipFMC to jointly develop a process to purify Agilyx’s styrene oil to high-purity styrene.

Sanofi and Translate Bio Expand Collaboration

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of French drugmaker Sanofi, and Translate Bio, a clinical-stage messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics company, are formally expanding their existing 2018 collaboration and license agreement to develop mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases.

Ineos to Buy BP’s Petchems Business for $5 Billion

Ineos is buying BP’s global petrochemicals business for $5 billion (£4 billion) in what is being touted as the biggest deal since the coronavirus pandemic began circling the globe in winter and early spring this year.

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BASF Pilots PU Mattress Recycling

BASF is starting pilot tests on a chemical recycling process for used PU mattresses at its Schwarzheide site in the German state of Brandenburg.

BioNTech Raises $250 Million for Vaccine Race

German biotech BioNTech, which is working on developing an mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 and has aligned itself with US pharma major Pfizer, this week raised $250 million (€223 million) in an offering that attracted Singapore state-owned private equity investor Temasek and other unnamed accredited investors.

Novasep and Lysogene in Gene Therapy Pact

Domo Chemical to Close BOPA Line at Leuna

Sanofi to Build Vaccine plant near Lyon

Invista Breaks Ground on China ADN Plant

Dow and Shell Link on Cracker Electrification

Dexamethasone With Potential to Treat Covid-19?

Ineos Among Bidders for Sasol Project Stake?

AbbVie Agrees Cancer Collaborations

Germany Takes 23% stake in CureVac

Bernhard Müller New Managing Director of Minascent Technologies

With effect from May 1, 2020 the executive committee of the Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium-based Minafin Group has appointed Bernhard Müller as Managing Director of its affiliate Minascent Technologies.

Ascend Makes First China Acquisition

DSM Boosts Animal Health with Erber Buy

FDA Withdraws Hydroxychloroquine EUA

Dr. Reddy's Enters into a Licensing Agreement with Gilead for Remdesivir

Novo Nordisk Buys Cardio-renal Group Corvidia

UK Seen Likely to Abandon ECHA and REACH

Merck KGaA in Liquid Crystal Windows Deal

Air Liquide Fund Invests in China

Oiltanking Sells US terminal to Omega Partners

EPA Brushes Over Most of Court Dicamba Ruling

EU Approves Sale of Bayer Animal Health to Elanco

Pertamina and CPC Progress Cracker Project

EPA Sued over Halt to Pollution Monitoring

UCB Acquires Engage Therapeutics

Celanese Tests New Acetic Acid Route in China

Lancet Hydroxychloroquine Study Retracted

Codexis and Alphazyme Link on Enzymes

AstraZeneca Said Weighing Gilead Merger