30.03.2010
- Brenntag, the world's biggest chemicals distributor, got a warm reception in its market debut as Germany's second-biggest flotation this year, suggesting growing investor demand...
29.03.2010
- Germany unveiled plans to cut patented drug prices on Friday, hitting shares in major drugmakers, the latest sign that indebted governments intend to bear down on runaway medical...
24.03.2010
- Unfortunately, chemical supply chains are better compared with a sluggish container ship than an agile bark: Apart from experience and foresight, their navigation requires state-of...
24.03.2010
- Balance Act - In this economy, cash is king, and much emphasis has been placed on inventory reductions. In many cases, management has issued inventory goals that seem impossible to...
22.03.2010
- U.S. researchers have developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a patient's blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy that turns off an important cancer...
18.03.2010
- Israel's Teva has won the battle for German generic drugmaker Ratiopharm, three sources said, fixing the industry leader's weakness in the world's second-largest generics market...
15.03.2010
- Bayer, Germany's largest drugmaker, is looking for acquisitions to bolster its fledgling healthcare business in India. Bayer's healthcare division generated more than 20% of 2009...
10.03.2010
- Evolution - Today more than ever before, the pharmaceutical industry can rely on solid fundamentals for growth. A steadily growing and aging world population is expanding the...
09.03.2010
- 30.11.2010, 1.12.2010 and 3.1.2011 - These three coinciding dates are the deadlines that European companies manufacturing, importing or otherwise dealing with chemicals must meet...
09.03.2010
- Actavis, the indebted Icelandic generic drugs maker looking to buy German peer Ratiopharm, has raised the prospect of taking the enlarged company public should it win the auction...
