Germany’s Merck is changing the name of its Performance Materials business segment to Electronics to reflect the strategic realignment the worldwide group has undergone...
Irish CDMO ICON is to acquire US-based rival PRA Health Sciences in a cash-and-stock deal worth approximately $12 billion. Both boards of directors have unanimously...
Another “Big Pharma” company with a stalled candidate of its own is stepping in to help boost national or regional Covid-19 vaccine supply. US president Joe Biden was due...
In a deal due to close in the second half of this year, privately owned French salt producer Salins is buying Nouryon’s Salt Specialties business, including brands such...
Charles River Laboratories has agreed to buy Cognate BioServices, a cell and gene therapy CDMO, for about $875 million. The purchase is expected to close by the end of...
Following a decline of 2% in 2020, European chemical production is forecast to pick up by 3% in 2021, before growth rates taper off slightly in 2022, but output in that...
W. R. Grace has agreed to buy Albemarle’s Fine Chemistry Services (FCS) business for approximately $570 million, a move that will significantly strengthen and expand...
Germany’s Sirion Biotech has signed a license and collaboration agreement with major French pharma Sanofi on viral vector-based gene therapy. Financial terms of the...
