Bayer has announced its intention to offload the Environmental Science Professional business as part of plans to accelerate the strategy implementation of its Crop...

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...

Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) is one of the most obvious solutions to further reduce CO2 emissions, but it is yet still hardly exploited.

Ineos Phenol and utility group Engie are planning a pilot project in Doel, Belgium, that will use hydrogen in a commercial-scale cogeneration plant, replacing the natural...

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...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 27 February granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Janssen Biotech, part of US...