05.06.2012
- Koch Industries' fabric company Invista went to trial in New York on Monday against DuPont to recover up to $744.6 million it says it is owed for dealing with problems at...
04.06.2012
- Brenntag further strengthens its distribution of specialty additives for the fuel and oil sector with the signing of an agreement to acquire Petrolube, the exclusive distributor of...
02.06.2012
- France said it plans to ban a pesticide made by Swiss agro-chemical group Syngenta that is widely used to treat rapeseed crops after scientists suggested it could pose danger to...
02.06.2012
- The chairman of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has purchased 1 million U.S.-listed shares of the world's largest generic drugmaker, the company said on Friday. Board Chairman...
02.06.2012
- AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb are among several pharmaceutical giants that have submitted initial bids for Amylin Pharmaceuticals, the diabetes drugmaker that is exploring a...
01.06.2012
- Air Liquide will invest around €100 million in a production unit to provide Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) with large quantities of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The French supplier...
01.06.2012
- ESK Ceramics, Germany, and Chemtrix, The Netherlands, jointly announced that ESK has acquired a minority interest in Chemtrix for an undisclosed amount. Chemtrix develops and sells...
01.06.2012
- AstraZeneca's new chairman took the helm on Friday and said the troubled drugmaker faced "a period of significant change". Leif Johansson's first priority is to find a permanent...
01.06.2012
- BP said on Friday it was considering a sale of its half-share of Russia's third-largest oil producer TNK-BP, possibly heralding the end of one of the UK oil major's most lucrative...
01.06.2012
- Sanofi aims to build on its diabetes portfolio, which has so far relied on blockbuster insulin Lantus, with a wider range of treatments that could address not just the disease but...
