11.12.2012
- Denmark's Novo Nordisk is sizing up a high-price niche market for its drug liraglutide as a weight-loss treatment, with the United States the prime opportunity. The premium-price...
10.12.2012
- General Motors (GM) has been named the winner in the Performance & Customization (Aftermarket) category of the Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) 2012 Automotive Innovation...
10.12.2012
- U.S. biotechnology group Amgen has agreed to buy unlisted Decode Genetics, a pioneer in gene research, for $415 million to boost its drive to develop better targeted drugs. Founded...
10.12.2012
- The specialty chemicals group Altana has signed a contract to acquire the business of Chemical Corporation of America (ChemCor), a U.S. manufacturer of specialty wax additives. The...
10.12.2012
- Warwick Chemicals has completed the acquisition of IDC International Detergent Chemicals of Cork in the Republic of Ireland. Speaking after the IDC acquisition was completed, Peter...
10.12.2012
- At the end of another lavishly-funded U.N. conference that yielded no progress on curbing greenhouse emissions, many of those most concerned about climate change are close to...
07.12.2012
- Bayer is unlikely to sell its blood glucose meters business for the time being, after failing to generate sufficient interest from buyers, two people familiar with the situation...
07.12.2012
- European energy executives lined up with Russian President Vladimir Putin to witness the first weld on the South Stream pipeline on Friday in a show of support for a project that...
07.12.2012
- Makers of chemicals and plastics from plant matter are emerging as unlikely beneficiaries of the abundance of U.S. shale gas, which is shaking up the global petrochemical industry...
06.12.2012
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' new Chief Executive Jeremy Levin has promised investors it will be a very different company going forward. Next week he has to prove it. Levin's...
