25.01.2011
- Swiss drugmaker Novartis is strengthening its personalized medicine and cancer portfolio with the $470 million buy of U.S. cancer diagnostics company Genoptix. The deal, which...
20.01.2011
- Poor Controls - In the past five years, several contaminated products have led to patient and end-user injuries and death globally. In 2007, there was diethylene-glycol...
19.01.2011
- Facing Challenges - In today's world, the pharmaceutical and chemical industries face major challenges including globalization, environmental regulation, and shortening product...
10.01.2011
- Specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has acquired acquisition of Finkochem, a Serbian company specializing in the sales and distribution of a wide range of raw material for the...
10.01.2011
- The European Commission plans a significant cut in the punitive tariffs it imposed last year on Chinese-made fiberglass used in the clean technology sector, EU diplomats and people...
14.12.2010
- Three Airgas directors threatened to sue the company if they were not allowed to retain their own financial adviser to help them consider a takeover offer by Air Products &...
14.12.2010
- • Private equity firm Bain Capital agreed to buy Dutch specialty chemical distributor IMCD, in a deal that people familiar with the matter said valued the business at close to €650...
14.12.2010
- Within hours of President Barack Obama signing into law last March the healthcare reforms he had championed, several states filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of new...
13.12.2010
- Germany's Merck KGaA hired an executive from U.S. peer Merck & Co as head of its drugs division to replace Elmar Schnee, following a string of setbacks in product development...
13.12.2010
- German consumer goods maker Henkel named Jan-Dirk Auris, chief of the company's Asia-Pacific business, to replace the head of its adhesives unit. He replaces board member Thomas...
