As part of plans, announced in dribbles, to carve 8,000 jobs out of its global workforce to save $1 billion, Swiss drugs giant Novartis is eliminating 285 staff positions...

Trinseo has finally decided to stop producing styrene at its Böhlen site in Germany, saying the plant – producing about 300,000 t/y – is too small to be competitive on...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for the updated Covid-19 vaccines of both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna in children...

Brenntag has opened a new facility in Zarate, Argentina, unifying its operations in Buenos Aires into a single site and expanding its capabilities to customers. The site...

German chancellor Olaf Schoz officially opened the country’s second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Wilhemshaven on the North Sea on Dec. 16.

Germany’s BioNTech said it plans to accelerate and broaden the clinical development of its cancer immunotherapy pipeline in the Asia-Pacific region by expanding its...

Aramco and Sinopec have signed two separate agreements to develop petrochemical complexes in their home countries of Saudi Arabia and China.

The global chemical industry has seen its share of challenges, but the sector has traditionally mustered its considerable resources to manage them with a minimum of...

British pharma GSK has entered into a four-year collaboration with US clinical-stage genetic medicines company Wave Life Sciences to advance oligonucleotide therapeutics...

UK chemicals company Synthomer is selling its laminates, films and coated fabrics businesses to Germany’s Surteco Group for $255 million. The sale is part of Synthomer’s...