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ISPE Elects Thomas B. Hartman as New CEO and President

Roche Links with Vividion on E3 Ligases

Borealis Drops PE Project in Kazakhstan

US Gives AstraZeneca $ 1 billion for Oxford Vaccine

J&J to Pull Talc Baby Powder from North America

Total Partners PureCycle on PP Recycling

Solvay to Close UK, US Composite Plants

CNOOC and Shell Plan Third Expansion at Huizhou

Oxea Changes Name to OQ Chemicals

German petrochemical intermediates producer Oxea, based at Oberhausen, has changed its name to OQ Chemicals, marking its final integration into Oman’s new petrochemicals and energy giant OQ, headquartered in Muscat.

US in Emergency Plan to Produce COVID-19 Treatments

PKN Orlen Plans IPA Plant

Azelis Buys Indonesia’s Primaditha

In another deal to boost its Asian footprint, Azelis has agreed to buy the distribution assets of Indonesia's PT Primaditha Jaya Mandiri.

AstraZeneca Targets 30 Million Vaccine Doses by September

Odfjell Sells Share in China Terminal

Odfjell Terminals (China), or OTC, part of Norwegian shipping and storage group Odfjell, has sold its 50% stake in its Dalian terminal in China to Dutch group VTTI Terminals for $59 million cash. The other 50% stake remains with the Port of Dalian. The move is part of Odfjell’s restructuring program.

Kraton Joins Together for Sustainability

Odfjell Sells Share in China Terminal

Air Products and Haldor Topsoe in Global Alliance

Former GSK Vaccines Chief to Lead US Covid Sprint

Former head of GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) vaccines division, Moncef Slaoui, has been named to lead the so-called "warp speed" effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine announced by US President Donald Trump at the beginning of May.

JXTG Studies Saudi ENB Plant

Thermo Fisher Expands US Viral Vector Capacity

Former GSK Vaccines Chief to Lead US Covid Sprint

SABIC in Saudi Battery Joint Venture

SABIC’s Nusaned Investment unit has set up a joint venture with SCHMID Group to develop and manufacture vanadium redox flow batteries at Dammam 3rd Industrial City.

Nova and Enerkem Link on Waste-to-Ethylene Technology

SABIC in Saudi Battery Joint Venture

Merck KGaA Wins new US CRISPR Patents

Pfizer to Make Space for Vaccine Production

To save manufacturing space for its growing vaccines plans, Pfizer has said it will outsource production of some of its pharmaceutical portfolio. The work is planned to be shared out with a network of 200 contractors in the US and Europe.

Menarini to Buy Stemline Therapeutics for $677 Million

Italian pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company Menarini is to buy US biopharma Stemline Therapeutics in a deal valued at up to $677 million.

CoImmune Merges with Formula Pharmaceuticals

Tecnimont Wins Amur Gas Complex Contract

PetroIneos Seeking UK Government Loan?

LyondellBasell Wins Vietnam PP Project

LyondellBasell has been awarded a contract by Hyosung Vina Chemicals to supply its Spheripol PP technology for a new plant to be built in the Cai Mep industrial zone in Vung Tau province, Vietnam.

Lucite and Agilyx Partner on PMMA

Acrylic-based products manufacturer Lucite International, part of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group, is working with Agilyx to define the most suitable chemical recycling infrastructure for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

Resinex to Distribute Ascend’s PA 6.6 in Europe

Belgium-based thermoplastics distributor Resinex has received the nod to handle Ascend Performance Materials’ polyamide 6.6 resin in major European countries and regions. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

At least Nine Dead in Indian Styrenics Plant Leak

As many as 9 to 11 people are believed to have died and hundreds more were hospitalized after a leak of styrene gas from an LG Polymers plant near the Indian city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of May 7.

Sartorius Closes Danaher Acquisition

German pharma and laboratory equipment supplier Sartorius completed its $825 million purchase of certain life science businesses of Danaher Corps at the end of April.