18.07.2013
- Chinese authorities investigating the alleged bribery of doctors and officials by GlaxoSmithKline have stopped the drugmaker's head of finance for China, a British citizen, from...
18.07.2013
- Trian Fund Management, headed by Nelson Peltz, has amassed a "big stake" in chemicals maker DuPont, CNBC said on Wednesday. Shares of DuPont rose 4.8% on the news of Trian's stake...
18.07.2013
- Monsanto said on Wednesday it will withdraw all pending approval requests to grow new types of genetically modified crops in the European Union, due to the lack of commercial...
18.07.2013
- Obesity drug maker Vivus, embroiled in a bitter proxy war with its top shareholder First Manhattan, said on Wednesday that FMC had rejected an offer to give the sides equal...
18.07.2013
- China announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of illegal medicine on Wednesday and said it would tighten industry regulation, piling pressure on a sector already reeling from...
18.07.2013
- Novartis raised its full-year outlook on Wednesday after generic competition to its best-selling blood pressure pill was delayed, granting the Swiss drugmaker a temporary reprieve...
17.07.2013
- As part an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) described as the first of its kind involving chemical production, Shell Oil and affiliated companies will...
17.07.2013
- BASF has taken issue with the European Union's move to include the group's insecticide fipronil, used in treatment of maize and sunflower seed treatments, in its temporary...
16.07.2013
- Abbott said on Monday that it would enter the laser cataract surgery business by buying privately held OptiMedica for up to $400 million and in a separate deal would pay $310...
16.07.2013
- The oil and gas industry is finding that less is more in the push to recycle water used in hydraulic fracturing. Slightly dirty water, it seems, does just as good a job as crystal...