25.11.2019
- BASF has broken ground for the first production facilities of its latest mega investment in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China, expected to be worth as much as $10 billion...
25.11.2019
- Swiss drugmaker Novartis announced on Nov. 24 that it plans to buy biopharmaceuticals producer The Medicines Company for $9.7 billion, confirming a Wall Street Journal report...
22.11.2019
- In Europe, chemical recycling, also known as feedstock recycling, is the “buzz” phrase of the moment, thanks especially to the EU’s Circular Economy plans that passed all instances...
22.11.2019
- Plans by Swiss drugmaker Novartis to sell $1 billion worth of assets belonging to its Sandoz generics subsidiary to India’s Aurobindo Pharma may run afoul of the US Federal Trade...
22.11.2019
- Evonik is expanding US output of its Rohacell brand high-performance rigid, closed-cell foams at its site in Mobile, Alabama. The German specialty chemical and plastics producer...
21.11.2019
- Oklahoma judge Thad Balkman has reduced the fine levied on Johnson & Johnson in a landmark opioid case concluded in August by $107 million, from $57 2million to $465 million. The...
21.11.2019
- Wacker has started up a new €100 million silicon-metal plant at its production site in Holla, Norway. The Munich, Germany-based group said the facility’s new furnace is one of the...
21.11.2019
- Eli Lilly is investing $400 million at its Lilly Technology Center campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, to expand capacity for its growing portfolio of diabetes medicines and...
20.11.2019
- German specialty chemical producer Lanxess is selling its 74% stake in a South African chrome ore mine to Clover Alloys, a local supplier of chrome fine ores. Financial details...
20.11.2019
- Martin Shkreli, former CEO of the Retrophin hedge fund and Turing Pharmaceuticals, who was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy in 2017, appears to have run out of options...
