30.12.2013
- In what could be a landmark decision, the supreme court of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania has ruled that the state's elimination of zoning and land-use planning rights of local...
30.12.2013
- Germany's Bayer finally confirmed its plans to acquire Norwegian pharmaceutical company Algeta shortly before Christmas. The German chemicals and pharmaceuticals group said Algeta...
29.12.2013
- Shortly before Christmas, BASF and Gazprom finalized a previously announced asset swap that will give the German chemical giant a bigger share of Russian gas exploration rights in...
24.12.2013
- The governor of the U.S. state of Wyoming, Matt Mead, has said he will not recognize the Environmental Protection Agency's determination that more than a million acres of state...
23.12.2013
- In its $2.6 billion bid to acquire AZ Electronic materials, Germany's Merck KGaA posted the offer document to AZ shareholders on Dec. 20. The document contains the full terms and...
23.12.2013
- Merck Serono, the biopharmaceuticals division of Germany's Merck KGaA, has signed a global license agreement with the Spanish National Research Center (CNIO) in Madrid on cancer...
23.12.2013
- In contrast to speculation only days earlier, Germany's national parliament, the Bundestag, on 19 December passed pharmaceuticals legislation extending the mandatory discount...
23.12.2013
- Ineos has hinted that it plans to turn its petrochemical site at Grangemouth into a chemical park with shared services. Attracting other chemical players to the huge Scottish...
23.12.2013
- BASF has declined comment on rumors it is preparing to bid for Dea, the German oil and gas exploration subsidiary energy giant RWE has put up for sale. Bids for the business must...
20.12.2013
- As expected, the Lyon, France, commercial court overseeing the Kem One bankruptcy has given the nod to the sole remaining bidder for the PVC producer. In a volte-face against the...
