30.04.2014
- UK shale gas exploration company Cuadrilla has received the green light to test oil extraction in Balcombe, the West Sussex village that saw major anti-fracking protests in 2013...
30.04.2014
- French pharmaceutical producer Sanofi is looking to sell a portfolio of mature drugs that could fetch between $7 billion and $8 billion, the news agency Reuters said, quoting...
30.04.2014
- French polyamide 6.6 producer Butachemie, a 50:50 joint venture of U.S. nylon specialist Invista and Belgian specialty chemicals producer Solvay, plans to retrofit production...
30.04.2014
- German gases and engineering group Linde and Finnish refiner Neste Oil have agreed on a long-term on-site hydrogen supply contract. This calls for Linde to build a new hydrogen...
Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) has been awarded a contract by Donau Chemie, Vienna Austria, to expand the existing membrane electrolysis plant at the production site in...
29.04.2014
- BASF plans to eliminate 260 jobs in its Nutrition & Health division up to 2015 to improve the profitability of its Performance Products business segment. At the same time, the...
29.04.2014
- Pfizer is now expected to increase its $100 billion offer to acquire UK rival AstraZeneca after being rebuffed a second time. The company has confirmed that it approached its...
29.04.2014
- Generics producer Actavis has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, challenging its decision to award exclusive rights to Israel's Teva to sell a generic version of Pfizer's...
29.04.2014
- Total has not put its liquefied petroleum gas unit Totalgaz up for sale, the group said after Paris daily newspaper Les Echos reported that the French oil and petrochemicals major...
28.04.2014
- U.S.-based Zimmer Holdings has said it will buy rival orthopedic products maker Biomet for more than $13 billion, the latest deal in a wave of consolidations in the healthcare...
