German biopharmaceuticals contract development and manufacturing organization Rentschler Biopharma is extending and deepening its existing collaboration in Japan with...
09.10.2019
- US specialty materials company Celanese is undertaking a strategic review that could include a breakup, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The Dallas, Texas-based...
08.10.2019
- The Scottish government has again extended its indefinite moratorium on shale gas exploitation, but as before sidestepped the definitive ban that climate campaigners and more...
08.10.2019
- Clariant is in talks to sell its plastic additives business to US compounder PolyOne, according to Bloomberg. Quoting unnamed sources, the report said Clariant wants about $1.5...
08.10.2019
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its € 5.8 billion acquisition of US-based Versum Materials. The Darmstadt-headquartered pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer said the buy makes...
07.10.2019
- The European Chemical Transport Association ECTA has recently announced to launch a new ECTA workgroup to improve Supply Chain Visibility within Bulk liquid flows. The ECTA...
07.10.2019
- As Brexit nears, concern is rising in the UK over Ineos’ proposal to close its 280,000 t/y acrylonitrile plant at Seal Sands on Teesside in northeast England. The Swiss...
07.10.2019
- The next pending US lawsuit charging that Monsanto glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused the plaintiff’s cancer has been postponed until February 10, 2020. On Oct. 6, Monsanto...
07.10.2019
- US President Donald Trump has once again singled out the pharmaceutical industry for criticism. This time, his comments – which seem to have come out of the blue – have led to...
04.10.2019
- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested additional information from both Allergan and AbbVie as it digs deeper into the proposed merger of the two drugmakers. Biopharma...
