03.04.2012
- Celanese's dividend will continue to grow and the chemical company will move toward an investment-grade credit rating, Chief Executive Mark Rohr said in an interview on his first...
03.04.2012
- Dow Chemical said it will close four plants and lay off 900 workers, part of a plan to slash costs by $250 million annually amid a weak global economy. Steep drops in demand for...
02.04.2012
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has launched U.S. sales of irbesartan and irbesartan-hydrochlorothiazide tablets, generic versions of Sanofi Aventis' high blood pressure treatments...
02.04.2012
- In a nondescript suburb south of London, tucked away behind a big hospital, Paul Workman and fellow scientists are celebrating victory in the "World Cup" of cancer drug research...
31.03.2012
- Dow Chemical Chief Executive Andrew Liveris' 2011 compensation fell 10% in 2011 as the largest U.S. chemical maker failed to meet internal profit and cost-control targets. Liveris...
30.03.2012
- The 14th L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Ceremony, presided by Professor Günter Blobel, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1999, took place on Thursday night at UNESCO headquarters...
30.03.2012
- BASF Venture Capital has invested $2.7 million in the advanced materials company FRX Polymers. The investment is part of a series B financing round of $26.7 million. FRX Polymers...
30.03.2012
- Effective March 31, Bayer MaterialScience will acquire the remaining shares in the 50:50 systems house joint venture Baulé from Eximium and other shareholders. The joint venture...
30.03.2012
- Mike Thomas has been appointed to the position of Procurement and Materials Manager at Eriez Magnetics Europe. As a part of the senior management team at Eriez, Mike will be...
30.03.2012
- A U.S. court on Thursday ruled that the formulation patent for AstraZeneca's big-selling anti-psychotic drug Seroquel XR was valid and had been infringed by Mylan and other...
