23.10.2017
- In a deal that could lead to the development of five new cancer vaccines, US drugs giant Eli Lilly is investing in German biopharma CureVac. Lilly will make an equity investment of...
23.10.2017
- Environmental authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate have criticized BASF’s information policy in the wake of a mid-October incident at the chemical giant’s new...
19.10.2017
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro is spearheading a European research project to explore the use of carbon dioxide and other waste gases as a new source of raw...
19.10.2017
- Canada’s Superior Plus Corp. has agreed to buy International Dioxcide (IDI) from Lanxess for an undisclosed sum. IDI provides sodium chlorate-based solutions, including small-scale...
19.10.2017
- BASF has declared force majeure for its compostable bioresins ecoflex and ecovio. The declaration follows the discovery of a technical defect in the ecoflex plant at Ludwigshafen...
18.10.2017
- UK specialty chemicals company Thomas Swan has bought a manufacturing facility in Opelika, Alabama, USA, from Apollo Chemicals, part of Mount Vernon Chemicals. Financial details...
18.10.2017
- As generics pricing pressure increases, Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it will close a US plant at Broomfield, Colorado, owned by its Sandoz subsidiary and employing 450 people. It...
17.10.2017
- Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS) is spending $55 million across its sites in North America and Asia to expand its API manufacturing capacities and capabilities. “With these...
17.10.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is undertaking expansions in China and Germany for organic peroxides and chloromethanes, respectively. In Ningbo, the company has started...
12.10.2017
- World-leading PET producer Indorama Ventures Ltd (IVL) has agreed to buy DuPont Teijin Films (DTF), a major producer of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) and...