11.03.2019
- Nouryon has chosen a site in the US to build a new plant for producing expandable microspheres. Advanced engineering is underway on the project, which is scheduled to complete in...
11.03.2019
- As it continues its march across the planet buying up business, Thailand’s Indorama Ventures has completed its acquisition of PET producer Invista Resins & Fibers based at...
11.03.2019
- Entegris and Versum Materials continued to hold onto plans for a $4 billion all-stock merger late last week as Germany’s Merck KGaA continued trying to wedge the two US companies...
08.03.2019
- Biogen has agreed to acquire Nightstar Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company based in London, UK. The US drug firm will pay Nightstar shareholders $25.50 for each...
08.03.2019
- The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Germany’s Merck a patent for its proxy-CRISPR technology. This is the Darmstadt-based pharmaceuticals and chemicals...
08.03.2019
- Syndial, the environmental remediation arm of Eni, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with waste services company Veritas to study the construction of a plant that will...
07.03.2019
- Scott Gottlieb has announced plans to step down as head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after two years in the position. The 46-year-old physician was one of the few...
07.03.2019
- US industrial gases producer Air Products has completed the acquisition of ACP Europe, continental Europe’s largest independent carbon dioxide (CO₂) supplier. Financial terms of...
07.03.2019
- Leading chemical distributor Brenntag has acquired New England Resins & Pigments (NERP) based in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. The transaction’s financial terms were not disclosed...
06.03.2019
- Under the name Insulin Lispro, US drugmaker Eli Lilly plans to sell a generic version of its rapid-acting insulin Humalog. It will be priced 50% below the name-brand product, which...
