14.06.2015
- An explosion and fire rocked China’s Nanjing chemical industry park in Jiangsu Province on the evening of Jun. 12. In the English translation of the report by the official Chinese...
12.06.2015
- REGISTER FREE-OF-CHARGE NOW to confirm your attendance at Chemspec Europe, 24-25 June, Cologne Thousands of industry professionals and leading chemistry experts have also...
12.06.2015
- An advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has voted 18 to 6 in favor of Sprout Pharmaceutical’s new female libido pill finanserin, providing the company...
12.06.2015
- A 21-year-old worker at an Ineos Nitriles plant in Green Lake, Texas, died on June 10 from exposure to cyanide. The man identified as James Wade Gutierrez was employed by an Ineos...
12.06.2015
- Solvay has begun production at its two new large-scale “on-pipe” alkoxylation plants in Europe and Asia. Both facilities produce alkoxylates used in Solvay’s Novecare specialty...
12.06.2015
- The crisis in the European market for ethylene oxide (EO) is becoming increasingly worse. On June 11, Ineos declared force majeure covering all of Europe for the chemical used in...
11.06.2015
- AstraZeneca is mulling whether to independently pursue the developmental psoriasis drug brodalumab after its partner Amgen’s withdrawal from the project in May, Pascal Soriot...
11.06.2015
- A draft assessment compiled by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the potential threat to drinking water supplies presented by shale gas exploration has found “no...
11.06.2015
- Bayer HealthCare said it has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Diabetes Care business with sales in 2014 of €909 million to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings for €1.02 billion...
11.06.2015
- On the eve of a scheduled June 9 European Parliament plenary vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), parliament resident Martin Schulz pulled the plug...
