28.05.2020
- US generic pharma producer Akorn has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. The company had said in February that it could potentially use Chapter 11 to address...
28.05.2020
- Evonik has commissioned a new advanced biomaterials facility at its Birmingham, Alabama, US site, designed to support increasing global market demand for bioresorbable polymers...
27.05.2020
- Procter & Gamble (P&G) has granted Cargill an exclusive license that allows the US agribusiness group to further develop and commercialize its bio-based acrylic acid process. The...
27.05.2020
- Gilead Sciences has tapped five generic drugmakers as partners to further expand supplies of remdesivir, its drug now being trialed in the US as a Covid-19 treatment. Non-exclusive...
26.05.2020
- Huntsman has completed its $300 million acquisition of North American specialty chemicals company CVC Thermoset Specialties. CVC makes a range of highly specialized toughening...
25.05.2020
- Leading titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Tronox has agreed to buy the TiZir Titanium and Iron (TTI) business from Eramet, a French multinational mining and metallurgy group, for...
25.05.2020
- GlaxoSmithKline has agreed an eight-year, $231 million, pact with South Korean CDMO Samsung Biologics to scale up manufacturing of biologics. The capacity Samsung provides will be...
22.05.2020
- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has appointed Thomas (Tom) B. Hartman as the organization’s new permanent CEO and President, effective 1 June 2020...
22.05.2020
- The US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has added another illustrious European pharmaceutical industry player to the list of those whose resources it...
21.05.2020
- French energy and chemicals company Total has signed a deal with PureCycle Technologies to develop a strategic partnership in plastic recycling. Under the agreement, Total has...