20.07.2016
- Roche’s new blood cancer drug Gazyva has failed to show significant improvements in a late-stage lymphoma trial, delivering a blow to its plans for a successor to blockbuster drug...
20.07.2016
- Germany’s Merck KGaA is investing $115 million to build a multi-use life science campus in the US. The 280,000 square-foot facility will be built in Burlington, Massachusetts...
20.07.2016
- Solvay and its affiliate Peroxidos do Brasil – a joint venture with Produtos Quimicos Makay – have agreed to supply the Belgian chemical producer’s myH2O2 technology for a small...
19.07.2016
- With a new UK government in place, the shale gas industry has quickly come forward to insist that fracking find a place at the top of the national agenda post-Brexit. In former...
18.07.2016
- Belgian foam products specialist Recticel has signed an agreement with German engineering plastics producer Covestro – the former Bayer MaterialScience – to use Covestro’s CO2...
18.07.2016
- US specialty chemical company Pilot Chemical has acquired fuel additives manufacturer Liquid Minerals for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition, which was completed on Jun. 30 2016...
15.07.2016
- As the reality, and increasingly the finality, of Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union began to sink in, chemical and pharmaceutical producers across the country in...
14.07.2016
- US-based contract research and manufacturing organization AMRI has completed the acquisition of Prime European Therapeuticals, also known as Euticals, for €315 million. A privately...
14.07.2016
- Croda International has acquired the encapsulation and delivery system technology portfolio of Brazil’s Inventiva for an undisclosed sum. The Brazilian company was founded in 2008...
14.07.2016
- The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered Juno Therapeutics to suspend its Phase II immunotherapy trials with adult patients suffering from relapsed or refractory B cell...