09.09.2019
- The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates, known simply as SOCMA, recently launched a more member-centered brand focused on solutions for the specialty and fine chemicals...
09.09.2019
- The Together for Sustainability (TFS) initiative was launched in 2011 as a joint program of chemical companies for sustainable supply chains. Its goal is to develop and implement a...
08.09.2019
- Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al-Falih has been removed as chairman of the country’s flagship company Saudi Aramco, which is also the world’s largest oil company. The move...
06.09.2019
- In a compromise agreement presented this week, Germany’s federal cabinet voted to curb the use of the controversial chemical glyphosate up to 2023, active ingredient in the equally...
05.09.2019
- The pharmaceutical industry continues to grow and is estimated to be worth $1.5 trillion by 2021. One important driver is the trend towards outsourcing of development and manu...
03.09.2019
- After Johnson & Johnson last week was ordered to pay $572 million to the state of Oklahoma, analysts and other observers said the verdict could prompt other opioid makers to think...
02.09.2019
- Healthcare providers across the UK are still fearful of a potential drug shortage as the threat of a no-deal Brexit looms large. Just days before prime minister Boris Johnson...
30.08.2019
- BASF has found a buyer for its global pigments business in Japanese chemicals and plastics producer DIC. The deal, which foresees the activities changing hands for €1.15 billion on...
28.08.2019
- A US district judge in Norman, Oklahoma, has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for allegedly fueling the crisis sweeping the country. The country’s largest healthcare...
27.08.2019
- Contrary to recent speculation that Amgen was preparing to buy Alexion, the California-based US biotech has announced that it instead will acquire Celgene’s Otezla, the only oral...
