10.12.2018
- SABIC has agreed to increase its stake in the Ar-Razi methanol joint venture with Japan Saudi Arabia Methanol Company (JSMC) and extend the partnership for another 20 years. Under...
10.12.2018
- Swiss-based Cilag, an affiliate of Janssen, the pharmaceuticals division of Johnson & Johnson, has entered into a global collaboration and license agreement with biotech company...
10.12.2018
- Just five weeks after presenting third-quarter financial results and forecasting a slight decline in EBIT before special items for full year 2018 and a little over two weeks after...
07.12.2018
- Evonik has announced plans to “significantly” expand sodium methylate capacity at its site in Mobile, Alabama, USA, to meet rising demand. Upon completion, the plant will be...
07.12.2018
- UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tesaro, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, for...
07.12.2018
- A year earlier than planned, German engineering plastics producer Covestro has completed a buyback of company shares worth €1.5 billion, or 10% of its capital stock. The Leverkusen...
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...
