10.01.2019
- France’s Sanofi is paying $462 million to exit the immuno-oncology pact it established with US biotech Regeneron in 2015 half a year earlier than planned. With the severance...
10.01.2019
- Indorama Ventures (IVL), the Thailand-based PET giant, has started commercial operations at its new plant for purified isophthalic acid (PIA) plant in Decatur, Alabama, USA. The US...
09.01.2019
- American Vanguard (AVD) has acquired the Quizalofop (QPE) range of herbicides from Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont, for an undisclosed sum. Primary...
09.01.2019
- US engineering contractor McDermott International has won technology contracts for three PP projects in India. A timescale and proposed start-up dates for the plants were not...
09.01.2019
- In the latest move by “big pharma” to buy into cancer-focused biotechs, US drugmaker Eli Lilly is acquiring Loxo Oncology for about $8 billion in cash. The plans were announced on...
08.01.2019
- Thai polyester giant Indorama Ventures (IVL) and its two partners in the joint acquisition vehicle CC Polymers have received all regulatory clearance from the US Federal Trade...
08.01.2019
- French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi is investing €80 million in Germany’s BioNTech. At the same time, the two companies have agreed to extend their research...
08.01.2019
- Israeli crop protection producer Adama, a subsidiary of ChemChina, has disclosed that it is making “significant progress” towards acquiring China’s Jiangsu Anpon Electrochemical...
07.01.2019
- The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has appointed Sylvie Lemoine, senior manager Government Affairs at Dow, as its executive director Product Stewardship effective...
07.01.2019
- Clariant and SABIC affiliate Saudi Kayan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study the formation of an alkoxylates manufacturing joint venture. The companies will...
