30.05.2012
- Norway's Pronova BioPharma , which supplies the omega-3 heart medicine Lovaza to GlaxoSmithKline, has defeated a U.S. patent challenge from two generics companies. The victory over...
29.05.2012
- OPEC output in May has hit its highest since 2008 as Saudi Arabia maintained high production rates despite a drop in prices and Iranian shipments did not fall substantially further...
29.05.2012
- A boom in unconventional natural gas over the next 20 years could see the United States and others benefit from cheaper energy while the importance of the Middle East declines, the...
23.05.2012
- German specialty chemicals company Lanxess has started up on schedule a nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) plant in Nantong, China, as part of its 50:50 joint venture with Taiwan's...
22.05.2012
- Germany's Wintershall , the oil and gas arm of chemicals group BASF, said on Monday it was unperturbed by the enforced nationalisation of Argentine oil company YPF, having just...
22.05.2012
- China's strong appetite for rubber could help the market stave off pressure from a worsening debt crisis in Europe that threatens commodities demand while Thailand's move to prop...
20.05.2012
- A group of U.S. seed, chemical and equipment companies will invest at least $150 million over the next few years into African agricultural projects and products, the companies said...
18.05.2012
- International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greece if the country crashes out of the euro. Discussions have...
18.05.2012
- A European Union decision to block Russia's Gazprom from taking a stake in the Central European Gas Hub was a mistake because it hurt efforts to boost liquidity, the Vienna-based...
16.05.2012
- Britain's drug watchdog has reversed a controversial decision not to fund a new prostate cancer pill that was developed in the country after maker Johnson & Johnson agreed a new...
