Plant Construction & Process Technology

East or West? East and West!

31.08.2018 - Outsourcing is about the efficiencies of globalization, expense, people, and the challenge of drug discovery. Big Pharma has consolidated and faltered over the past 15 to 20 years...

News

England’s NHS sets Brexit Ultimatum

27.08.2018 - The National Health Service (NHS) in England has given drugmakers and manufacturers of medical devices until Sept. 10 to advise on how they will stockpile their products made in...

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Bayer-Monsanto Knot now Firmly Tied

17.08.2018 - After completing the transfer of certain agrochemicals assets to BASF on Aug. 16, Bayer has begun integrating Monsanto into its organization. Anti-trust regulations had required...

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Bayer/Monsanto Lose Glyphosate Case

13.08.2018 - Bayer and Monsanto have lost their first legal case as a merged company. A jury in the US state of California ordered the former US agribusiness market leader, since June part of...

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Lanxess to sell Arlanxeo Half to Aramco

09.08.2018 - German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is selling its half of the 50:50 joint venture Arlanxeo to its Middle East partner Saudi Aramco and exiting the synthetic rubber...

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FTC wants Linde, Praxair to divest more

07.08.2018 - The bigger they come, the harder they – potentially can – fall. Up to now, nothing has fallen except share prices, though these usually quickly recover. However, as the round of...

Research & Innovation

Two New Ways to Fluorinated Structures

03.08.2018 - Fluorinated structures make up more than 20 % of modern drugs, but benign and fast fluorination schemes are scarce. In a study published in the Wiley publication European Journal...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Putting the Blue back into Bluebird

03.08.2018 - Fifty years after the legendary British speedboat racer Donald Campbell died trying to break his own water speed record, his famous hydroplane Bluebird is making a triumphant...

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ECJ Gene Editing Ruling Stirs Criticism

02.08.2018 - Agrochemical and biotech companies based in the EU are assessing a ruling last week by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that could potentially make work with genetically edited...

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Sibur Said Preparing for IPO

26.07.2018 - Russian petrochemical and plastics giant Sibur is preparing for an initial public offering (ipo) that could be worth $2-3 billion, the news agency Reuters has reported, citing...