Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, a subsidiary of Japan’s Fujifilm Corp., has announced plans to spend more than $2 billion to build a new large-scale cell culture...
Germany’s BioNTech has scaled up its projections for the number of doses of its Covid-19 vaccine it will make this year from 1.3 billion to 2 billion, as it seeks...
German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences group Merck has acquired compatriot CDMO AmpTec for an undisclosed sum. The deal is designed to strengthen its life...
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MRHA) cleared US biotech Moderna’s mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Jan. 7, bringing the...
In “normal” times, with the exception of live vaccine manufacturers, control of viruses in cleanrooms is not usually the highest priority within contamination control.
In its first deal of 2021, Azelis has purchased a majority shareholding in Vietnamese companies MKVN Chemicals and Viet Chemicals Trading and Service through their parent...
Solvay’s transformation to a specialties company has taken another step forward with an agreement to sell its European and North American amphoteric surfactant business...
CureVac has agreed a collaboration with Bayer to speed up production and distribution of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate CVnCOV, which began clinical trials in December...
PPG Industries has increased its offer for Tikkurila to €1.24 billion, or €27.75 per share, following the receipt of a rival bid for the Finnish paints company by an...
