03.07.2013
- U.S. chemicals group Rockwood Holdings has revived efforts to hive off its titanium dioxide unit and is in talks with prospective buyer Huntsman, two people familiar with the...
03.07.2013
- Exploiting a loophole in Western sanctions, Iran is importing a high grade of refined alumina ore from several European countries including Germany and France that Tehran could be...
02.07.2013
- Cornelius Group Chairman Dr. Neville Prior has been elected as vice president of the The European Association of Chemical Distributors (Fecc). Gordon Hay, Brenntag's operations...
02.07.2013
- EU chemicals production dropped 2.5% in first four months of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report. Monthly production...
02.07.2013
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, whose cancer drugs promise a strong revenue stream, is attracting preliminary buyout interest from several large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and...
02.07.2013
- On July 2, the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) went into full force: All APIs imported into the EU must be accompanied by written confirmations of quality by the regulatory...
02.07.2013
- Two U.S. drugs distribution groups McKesson and Cardinal Health are both in talks to possibly take a stake in German drugs company Celesio, two industry sources familiar with the...
01.07.2013
- Cancer drugmaker Onyx Pharmaceuticals said on Sunday it rejected a roughly $10 billion takeover offer from larger biotechnology company Amgen as too low but still is considering...
01.07.2013
- Monsanto's unapproved, experimental genetically engineered wheat, which is feared to have potentially contaminated U.S. wheat supplies after it was found growing in an Oregon field...
01.07.2013
- European regulators have cleared the way for the first serious threat to the makers of multibillion-dollar biotechnology drugs to treat diseases such as cancer and rheumatoid...
