04.09.2018
- Ahead of its acquisition by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical, Ireland-domiciled, London-listed and US-focused Shire has completed the sale of its oncology portfolio with $262 million...
03.09.2018
- IMCD has signed a deal to buy Germany’s Velox, marking the Dutch distribution group’s second acquisition so far this year. The Hamburg-headquartered company, which celebrates its...
03.09.2018
- Boehringer Ingelheim has broken ground for a new €85 million facility at its headquarters in Ingelheim, Germany. The Solids Launch plant, slated to start up in 2020 and employ 75...
03.09.2018
- French energy and petrochemicals group Total said it has accepted an offer by Ineos Styrolution to acquire Total’s polystyrene business in China The deal includes two 200,000t/y...
31.08.2018
- Outsourcing is about the efficiencies of globalization, expense, people, and the challenge of drug discovery. Big Pharma has consolidated and faltered over the past 15 to 20 years...
31.08.2018
- The board of the European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) has announced that Cathy Demeestere will serve as the interim director general of the association; effective...
31.08.2018
- Based on results from the Phase 2/3 PROTECT VIII trial, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bayer’s Jivi for routine prophylactic treatment of hemophilia A in...
31.08.2018
- UK-based contractor TechnipFMC has won a contract from Long Son Petrochemicals to provide technology along with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up...
31.08.2018
- The European Commission has approved the sale by Merck KGaA of its global consumer health business to Procter & Gamble (P&G). The regulator said it had no competition concerns...
30.08.2018
- With the rapid growth of the Industrial Internet of Things and recent advances in Industry 4.0 technologies like cloud computing, machine learning and remote sensing, there’s been...
