16.06.2014
- Wiley, a global publishing company, has acquired SimBioSys, a provider of scientific software tools that facilitate the drug discovery process. SimBioSys is a pioneer in the field...
16.06.2014
- The world's biggest would-be drugs merger hit a wall last month but speculation about smart ways that Pfizer could yet seal a deal with AstraZeneca remains intense. Even as talks...
16.06.2014
- Saudi Arabian petrochemical giant Sabic is now the largest owner of intellectual property in the Middle East with more than 10,000 patents either issued or pending approval. This...
16.06.2014
- Both industry and ecology groupings have criticized the decision by the European Union's environment ministers to allow member states to opt out of allowing cultivation of...
16.06.2014
- Poland's treasury ministry does not intend to sell any of its 33% stake in blue-chip chemicals producer Grupa Azoty because it sees the company as a strategic asset. The ministry...
13.06.2014
- BASF is investing more than €200 million to expand US production capacity for key herbicides dicamba and DMTA at its Beaumont, Texas, site and upgrade production at Hannibal...
13.06.2014
- The intermediates business of US-based Oxea Corporation has put all customers on allocation, due to technical issues arising from a scheduled maintenance turn-around at its Bay...
13.06.2014
- Chevron Phillips Chemical has started up what it says is the world's largest on-purpose 1-hexene plant. The new unit at the petrochemical producer's Cedar Bayou complex in Baytown...
13.06.2014
- Germany's Merck and compatriot biotech firm MorphoSys have agreed to cooperate on discovering and developing therapeutic antibodies against undisclosed immune checkpoints, that is...
12.06.2014
- The technology expert Camelot ITLab was awarded the Innovationspreis-IT by Initiative Mittelstand for its certified Camelot LEAN Suite in the category "Best of ERP 2014". The...
