20.06.2018
- Swiss drugmaker Roche is paying $2.4 billion to acquire the rest of the shares it does not already own in US molecular and genomic analysis company Foundation Medicine (FMI). The...
19.06.2018
- With some 1,000 employees and five production sites in Europe and Asia, the CABB Group is a leading global manufacturer of chemical intermediates and finished products. The group...
13.06.2018
- Dutch specialty chemicals distributor IMCD is strengthening its presence in the US market following an agreement to buy E.T. Horn. Based in La Mirada, California, Horn's business...
07.06.2018
- With effect from Oct. 1, US-based specialty chemical company Hallstar is to split into two separate companies that will trade as Hallstar Industrial Solutions and Hallstar Beauty &...
05.06.2018
- The digital developments in the healthcare industry, combined with an aging population and enormous scientific progress, pose new challenges for pharmaceutical companies. On the...
04.06.2018
- Wolfgang Wienand has been appointed as new CEO of Siegfried with effect from Jan. 1, 2019. Rudolf Hanko, the group’s current CEO, will step down on Dec. 31, 2018. The board has...
29.05.2018
- The Crosby, Texas, site of French chemical producer Arkema’s US subsidiary was inadequately prepared for the flood that inundated it during Hurricane Harvey last year, the Chemical...
24.05.2018
- An ill-advised “advisory” deal with the personal attorney of US president Donald Trump continues to plague Swiss drugmaker Novartis. Two weeks ago the company made headlines when...
22.05.2018
- The hearing on the Ineos challenge to Scotland’s permanent moratorium on fracking ended last week, and no verdict is expected to come before October. But after the Scotland counsel...
16.05.2018
- Luxembourg-based specialty chemicals distributor Azelis is establishing a presence in South Korea following an agreement to buy SammiChem. Financial terms of the deal, which is...
