22.07.2013
- Swiss drugmaker Roche faces the prospect of hiring an outsider to replace its chairman of 16 years after its most suitable board members turned down the job. The 117-year old...
22.07.2013
- XTO Energy, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has been fined $100,000 for violating the U.S Clean Water Act in connection with its discharge of wastewater from a facility in Pennsylvania...
22.07.2013
- GlaxoSmithKline Chief Executive Andrew Witty will detail what action the drugmaker is taking in response to allegations of bribery against it in China when he presents quarterly...
22.07.2013
- Vivus has agreed to give dissident shareholder First Manhattan a board majority, ending an acrimonious proxy fight and bringing in a new CEO to the drugmaker accused of bungling...
22.07.2013
- Growing World - During the last centuries the chemical industry has enabled the first and second industrial revolution, and also the longest period of wealth creation in human...
19.07.2013
- Belgian drugmaker UCB has been visited by Chinese authorities as the country widens investigations into bribery by drugmakers, following allegations against Britain's...
19.07.2013
- The British government unveiled draft tax breaks on Friday to drive investment in shale gas production, in what it termed the most generous shale incentives in the world. The new...
18.07.2013
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Indiana farmer violated agribusiness company Monsanto's patent for a type of soybean. In a case closely watched by the biotechnology...
18.07.2013
- U.S. green energy specialist Sapphire Energy has teamed up with German gases and engineering giant Linde to commercialize its new industrial scale process to convert algae biomass...
18.07.2013
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will seek input from small business, small government organizations and non-profit organizations in writing new regulations dealing...
