In a decision not everyone anticipated, the EU’s drugs regulator, European Medicines Agency, EMA, announced on Oct. 4 it was authorizing a booster shot of the Pfizer...
Polish plastics and rubber producer Synthos is building a new butadiene extrusion unit, coupled with associated logistics infrastructure, at Plock, Poland. The new...
US scientific services supplier Thermo Fisher Scientific is investing $82.5 million to expand operations and create 169 jobs at its biologic drug substance manufacturing...
Dutch specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has agreed to buy Aquatech Speciality (Shanghai) International Trading and Aquatech Speciality (Guangzhou)...
US drugs giant Merck & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire publicly traded US biotech Acceleron Pharma for $180 per share, yielding a total equity value of...
Nouryon has started production at a new plant in Ningbo, China, for two key intermediates used in the manufacture of polymers and composites. The facility has a capacity...
US industrial gases company Air Products, together with its Saudi-based subsidiary Air Products Qudra, Saudi Aramco and ACWA Power have signed definitive agreements for...
Hexion Holdings is separating its assets into two independent companies. The one continuing to use the Hexion name will be composed of the holding’s adhesives and...
Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) and the National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem) have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assess the...
Swiss drugmaker Novartis has acquired Arctos Medical, a compatriot start-up developing optogenetic therapies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
