09.05.2012
- Polish billionaire Michal Solowow and Russian fertilizer producer Acron are interested in buying some of the Polish state's stakes in local chemical companies, local daily Puls...
09.05.2012
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries posted a 40 % jump in quarterly profit that beat estimates, boosted by robust sales of its own-branded products and generic medicines in the United...
09.05.2012
- India's main drug regulator has not been properly scrutinizing some drugs before approving them, and some of its officials are colluding with drug firms and medical experts to...
09.05.2012
- German consumer goods company Henkel said more price increases would help it meet its 2012 guidance as it reported a slow return to sales growth at its adhesives unit in the first...
08.05.2012
- Belgian chemicals group Solvay expects profit to recover in 2012 thanks to cost-cutting initiatives which helped offset weak markets for its plastics unit and beat consensus in the...
07.05.2012
- Swiss drugmaker Roche has ended efforts to develop a heart disease drug which some industry analysts had estimated could have achieved $10 billion in annual sales, after poor...
07.05.2012
- Dutch food ingredients company CSM has put its bakery supplies unit up for sale to focus on more profitable food and chemical products based on natural ingredients such as sugar...
07.05.2012
- Swiss companies with strong local currency cash piles burning a hole in their pockets are defying a weak global economic backdrop as they hunt more acquisitions even after a raft...
07.05.2012
- Thai authorities were investigating on Sunday a blast that killed 12 people and wounded at least 105 at one of the world's biggest petrochemical hubs. Explosions sparked a fire at...
07.05.2012
- Saudi Aramco and Japan's Sumitomo Chemical have issued letters of intent to at least two contractors who submitted the lowest bids to expand a petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia...
