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MKS Buys Germany’s Atotech

07.07.2021 -

US semiconductor equipment maker MKS Instruments is buying German specialty chemicals and equipment company Atotech for an enterprise value of $6.5 billion in a combined...

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Emergent BioSolutions Faces Shareholder Lawsuits

07.07.2021 -

In the aftermath of a far-reaching mix-up of Astra Zeneca’s Covid vaccine ingredients with those of Johnson & Johnson’s shot, US CDMO Emergent BioSolutions not only has...

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Phillip Morris Buys Oral Drugmaker Fertin

07.07.2021 -

Companies outside the drugs and private equity sectors are increasingly striking deals to buy pharmaceutical companies. In one of the latest, cigarette manufacturer...

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Pulcra Chemicals Acquires Devan

06.07.2021 -

German specialty chemicals producer Pulcra Chemicals has acquired Belgium’s Devan for an undisclosed sum. The deal is the first in Pulcra’s history. The Geretsried...

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AGC Biologics Buys US Gene Therapy Plant

06.07.2021 -

AGC Biologics, US biopharma CDMO, has signed an agreement to buy a cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in Longmont, Colorado, from Novartis Gene Therapies...

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BASF to Build Battery Recycling Pilot at Schwarzheide

06.07.2021 -

With an eye toward the growing electric vehicle market, BASF has announced it will build a battery recycling prototype plant at the site of its cathode active materials...

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Activist Investor Elliott Turns up the Heat on GSK

05.07.2021 -

Emma Walmsley, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, under attack from activist investor Elliott Management, has received the backing of the company’s board, which said it “strongly...

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Indian Oil Approves Styrene Project

05.07.2021 -

The board of Indian state-owned oil, gas and petrochemicals group Indian Oil has approved the construction of a styrene plant, the country’s first.