25.01.2018
- Chinese bio-industrial conglomerate Sinobioway Group has made an equity investment of Can$125 million into Enerkem, a Canadian manufacturer of biofuels and renewable chemicals from...
25.01.2018
- US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has just been handed its second defeat in patent litigation this month. On Jan. 23, a US appeals court hearing J&J’s challenge to a lower...
24.01.2018
- Sandoz, the generics subsidiary of Novartis, is collaborating with Biocon, an India-based biopharmaceuticals producer, to develop, manufacture and commercialize multiple...
22.01.2018
- ChemChina subsidiary Adama has raised nearly 1.6 billion Chinese yuan ($243.8 million) to fund certain designated investments. These include ramping up capacity at its recently...
22.01.2018
- Chinese companies are said to be taking great interest in the diabetes care business Johnson & Johnson may put up for sale. The news agency Reuters, citing “five people with direct...
19.01.2018
- A report from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety has confirmed the safety profile and effectiveness of the anticoagulant...
19.01.2018
- US resins producer Hexion (formerly Momentive Specialty Chemicals) has sold its additives technology group (ATG) to German specialty additive company Münzing Chemie for...
18.01.2018
- Thailand’s Indorama Ventures, the world’s biggest producer of PET, has agreed with South Korean fibers company Huvis to establish a 50:50 joint venture in the US. The jv will...
12.01.2018
- German chemical producer Evonik has signed a toll manufacturing agreement with China’s Fufeng Group that will see Fufeng produce Evonik’s L-threonine amino acid in China, using the...
12.01.2018
- Turkish company Kordsa, a tire cord specialist, broke ground last month on its polyester expansion project in Izmit, Turkey. The additional 7,000 t/y of polyester yarn production...