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

15.06.2020 - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences. The agreement will grant Dr. Reddy’s the right to register, manufacture and sell...

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UK Seen Likely to Abandon ECHA and REACH

15.06.2020 - When it exits the EU, the UK will likely exit the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) as well and thus is unlikely to remain compliant with the REACH chemicals legislation, reports...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Pharmaceutical Logistics in North America

12.06.2020 - Pharmaceutical logistics in North America is more dynamic now than ever. Logistics executives are addressing increases in special handling requirements along with heightened cost...

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EPA Brushes Over Most of Court Dicamba Ruling

12.06.2020 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it will only partially implement last week’s order by the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate its registration of the...

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AstraZeneca Said Weighing Gilead Merger

09.06.2020 - Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca is weighing a merger with US biotech Gilead Sciences, the Bloomberg news agency has reported. Surpassing Bristol Myers Squibb’s $74 billion...

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Pierre-Alain Ruffieux new CEO of Lonza

09.06.2020 - Pierre-Alain Ruffieux has been appointed CEO of Swiss CDMO Lonza, with effect from 1 November 2020. The new chief executive will succeed Marc Funk, who led the company from March...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Age Of Circularity

08.06.2020 - Plastics have come under increasing criticism. In March last year, the European Parliament passed a law on the abolition of single-use plastics, which the British ‚Guardian‘ called...

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Europe Mulls Central Agency for Covid Vaccines

08.06.2020 - With national governments racing to nail down doses of a Covid-19 vaccine – when it comes – for their own populations, the EU’s leadership is keen to make sure that its own...

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Covestro and Neste Link on Renewable PC Feed

04.06.2020 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro has agreed a strategic cooperation with Finnish refiner Neste to promote the use of sustainable raw materials in European plastics...

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Backlash against The Lancet’s Chloroquine Study

02.06.2020 - The World Health Organization’s decision to halt trials with hydroxychloroquine as a therapeutic for Covid-19 is facing a backlash from clinicians wanting to continue the studies...