28.11.2018
- In an effort to move technology forward, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is overhauling the approval procedure for new medical devices. Since 1976, device manufacturers...
28.11.2018
- US-based Vantage Specialty Chemicals has agreed to buy German surfactants specialist Leuna-Tenside from two equity investors. Germany’s VR Equitypartner and Luxembourg-based BIP...
27.11.2018
- BASF Corporation is eliminating 50 jobs as it shuts operations in the environs of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, and merges its paper wet-end and water chemicals business into US...
27.11.2018
- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has invited public comments on an application from Linde and Praxair to sell a hydrogen and carbon monoxide (syngas) plant at Clear Lake...
27.11.2018
- Saudi Aramco has abandoned the idea of a major bond issue to finance its acquisition of the Saudi government’s 70% stake in compatriot petrochemicals and plastics producer SABIC...
26.11.2018
- US biopharma AbbVie has signed a deal with UK drug discovery and development group Mission Therapeutics to develop specific deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) for treating Alzheimer’s...
26.11.2018
- Alberta has announced that it will double its incentives for companies developing new petrochemicals plants as the Canadian province takes action to diversify its economy beyond...
26.11.2018
- Swedish specialty chemicals producer Perstorp plans to sell its Perstorp BioProducts arm, a major producer of biodiesel and glycerine in Scandinavia, to a Swedish investor together...
23.11.2018
- In an initial reaction to news on Nov. 22 that the UK and the EU have sealed a draft agreement on Brexit, the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) said it was pleased with...