30.03.2011
- Dow Chemical, the largest U.S. chemical maker, and Befar Group of China intend to form an equal joint venture to produce perchloroethylene, a key raw material used in non-ozone...
30.03.2011
- Asia's naphtha price was around its lowest in two weeks on Tuesday, with cracks falling to a three-session low despite demand from Taiwan and a cracker in Japan resuming operations...
30.03.2011
- Certificates related to Sanofi-Aventis's $20.1 billion acquisition of U.S. biotech firm Genzyme could begin trading on Nasdaq as soon as April 4, depending on the outcome of its...
30.03.2011
- Johnson & Johnson said it was recalling more than 700,000 bottles or packages of Tylenol and other consumer medicines made at a now-closed plant, the latest in a litany of recalls...
30.03.2011
- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration chemist and his son were arrested and charged on Tuesday with using sensitive inside information about the agency's drug approvals to reap more...
30.03.2011
- Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of an uncontrolled...
29.03.2011
- India received 74 bids for 33 oil and gas exploration blocks on Monday, but the latest licensing round aimed at attracting increased private investment failed to draw big global...
29.03.2011
- The worldwide market for copies of biotech medicines will grow to $3.7 billion by 2015, from just $243 million in 2010, as a raft of branded drugs lose patent cover, according to...
29.03.2011
- Cephalon has offered to buy the Australian company ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals for about $231 million, or 225 Australian dollars. Cephalon's bid "has the unanimous support of the...
29.03.2011
- Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan said on Tuesday it shut the naphtha cracker at its Chiba plant, east of Tokyo, on Sunday for maintenance, a little earlier than its original plan...
