26.04.2016
- Novartis is said to be planning to divest its nearly $14 billion stake in rival Swiss drugmaker Roche, accounting for about 6% of that company’s shares and more than 30% of its...
25.04.2016
- US chemical producer W. R. Grace has agreed to acquire the assets of BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes technologies, patents...
25.04.2016
- US nylon producer Invista is deepening its footprint in China with the start-up of a new 215,000 t/y plant for hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry...
22.04.2016
- Valtris Specialty Chemicals, a portfolio company of private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has acquired specialty chemicals company Akcros Holdings. Financial terms were not disclosed...
22.04.2016
- After giving it a priority review in January, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Venclexta (venetoclax), a novel of drug that targets a subset of leukemia...
22.04.2016
- US garden care products manufacturer Ortho has announced plans to phase out neonicotinoids in eight products used to control garden pests and diseases by 2021. The first three...
21.04.2016
- Management of Chevron Phillips Chemical has given the green light for a 20% expansion of low viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas to...
21.04.2016
- British chemical producers organized in the national Chemical Industries Association (CIA) have come out clearly in favor of the country remaining in the European Union. In a...
- Emirates Skycargo - cargo division of Emirates Airline - has launched a next-generation version of its protection product for valuable temperature-sensitive cargo, such as...
20.04.2016
- A new federal rule aimed at protecting an estimated 2.3 million workers in the US from silica exposure could affect the plastics and compounding industries. The legislation is set...