21.08.2019
- Saudi Aramco’s US subsidiary Motiva Enterprises has agreed to buy Flint Hills Resources' cracker and related chemical assets at Port Arthur, Texas, USA. Financial terms were not...
21.08.2019
- As widely expected, Bayer has definitively agreed to sell its animal health business to Eli Lilly spinoff Elanco Animal Health. The $7.6 billion deal will create the market’s...
20.08.2019
- Germany’s BASF and Toray Advanced Composites, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Toray based in the US state of California, have signed a manufacturing and supply agreement...
20.08.2019
- Private investor EQT VIII Fund has agreed to take a majority stake in Aldevron, a US-based biologics supplier. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to...
20.08.2019
- With the debate over the possible carcinogenity of Monsanto’s (now Bayer’s) Roundup herbicide continuing to rage, a peer-reviewed research paper partly funded by Swiss...
19.08.2019
- Mönchengladbach, Germany-headquartered Oqema group acquired Irish chemical distributor and manufacturer Rocara. With operations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Dublin, Republic...
19.08.2019
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have played a pivotal role in the evolution of the contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) industry. However, after an especially active year...
19.08.2019
- The US District Court for the District of New Jersey has upheld two of Amgen’s patents for its top-selling drug Enbrel (etanercept) in a ruling against Sandoz, which has been...
19.08.2019
- Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian), part of China’s Hengli group, has started up what it says is the world’s largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant, in Liaoning Province. The new mixed...