18.05.2011
- Hungary's government will raise a tax on drug firms' sales of state subsidized drugs to consumers from July to prevent an overrun in the state drug fund, the health affairs state...
18.05.2011
- BASF said it will build a new dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industry. BASF said...
18.05.2011
- Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world's largest chemicals producer by market value, said on Tuesday that it is planning a $1 billion-plus facility in China with China...
18.05.2011
- Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday upheld European Union antitrust fines totaling €59 million ($84 million) on French groups Elf Aquitaine and Arkema for participating in a...
18.05.2011
- German chemicals trade group VCI raised its 2011 sales growth outlook as strong industrial demand helped parts of the sector use plants to capacity. Germany-based chemicals...
18.05.2011
- Japanese engineers are trying to gain control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, which was crippled by the huge March 11 earthquake...
18.05.2011
- Swiss speciality chemicals maker Clariant said on Tuesday it had made a mandatory public offer for the 3.85% of Süd-Chemie shares it does not own. Clariant, which beat rivals to...
17.05.2011
- Amylin Pharmaceuticals is suing longtime diabetes-drug partner Eli Lilly over its plans to help market a rival product with another company. Lilly helps the smaller Amylin sell the...
17.05.2011
- DuPont has won its $6.4 billion battle for Danisco, with 92.2% of the Danish food ingredients maker's shares tendered in support of a deal. Nearly half of DuPont's revenue now will...
17.05.2011
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is always looking for acquisitions and will move on other potential targets when it finds a strategic fit, its top executive said on Monday. "We are...
