24.04.2012
- At today's Annual General Meeting, shareholders of AkzoNobel approved the company's 2011 financial statements and appointed Ton Büchner as member of the Board of Management of Akzo...
24.04.2012
- Chemicals and plastics firm Solvay said trading picked up over the first quarter and forecast profits should rise by half in four years as it focuses on better performing divisions...
24.04.2012
- Watson Pharmaceuticals aims to announce an agreement to buy Actavis for around $6 billion on Wednesday, April 25th, in a deal making it one of the world's biggest suppliers of...
24.04.2012
- A new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences could answer the prayers of U.S. farmers plagued by a fierce epidemic of super-weeds. Or it could trigger a flood of dangerous...
23.04.2012
- An official ceremony was held on April 21, 2012 to mark the groundbreaking for Evonik's new hydrogen peroxide plant in China. The plant is scheduled to go online, with a planed...
23.04.2012
- AstraZeneca has agreed to buy U.S. company Ardea Biosciences for $1.26 billion, giving it a new gout drug to bolster its weak pipeline in a deal that feeds a wave of M&A in the...
23.04.2012
- Europe's largest drugs distributor Celesio is set to significantly boost its stake in Brazil's largest drugs distributor Panpharma from currently 50.1%, two people with the matter...
23.04.2012
- Australian flu drug maker Biota Holdings has agreed to take over U.S. firm Nabi Biopharmaceuticals to create a $258 million group and move to the United States, where investors...
23.04.2012
- Swiss food group Nestle is to buy U.S. drugmaker Pfizer's nutrition business for $11.85 billion, beating out French rival Danone as both battle to gain preeminence in the lucrative...
23.04.2012
- State-run China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) will start building their mega joint refinery on China's southern coast later this month, a move...
