06.12.2018
- Shareholders of Japanese drugmaker Takeda and Netherlands-domiciled, US-managed Shire have separately approved the merger of the two pharmaceutical manufacturers. All regulatory...
06.12.2018
- To address the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) competition concerns over its merger with Saudi Arabia pigment producer Cristal, Tronox wants to sell its titanium dioxide (TiO2)...
05.12.2018
- Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50:50 joint venture between French energy and petrochemicals company Total and South Korea’s Hanwha Group, plans to spend nearly $500 million to...
05.12.2018
- A new type of cancer treatment developed by a partnership of Bayer with biotech partner Loxo Oncology has won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Vitrakvi is...
Covestro has widened its stake in its thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) joint venture with Japanese PPS compounder and pigment manufacturer DIC (formerly Dainippon Ink &...
04.12.2018
- Finnish chemical producer Kemira has formed a joint venture with Shandong Tiancheng Wanfeng Chemical Technology in China to produce AKD wax and its key raw material, fatty acid...
04.12.2018
- Clariant is to increase production of high-purified ethylene oxide (HPEO) at Gendorf, Germany, allowing the Swiss-based company to continue expanding its portfolio of EO-based...
04.12.2018
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and laboratory products group Merck completed the sale of its Consumer Health business to US consumer products group Procter & Gamble (P&G) on Dec...
02.12.2018
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted pediatric exclusivity for Pfizer’s Lyrica, extending its US exclusive rights until Jun. 30, 2019. As the patent was due to...
02.12.2018
- Genentech, part of Swiss drugs giant Roche, has agreed to buy Jecure Therapeutics, a US biotech focused on discovering novel treatments for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and...
