31.10.2018
- An antiviral pill taken daily by thousands of HIV-positive men in Australia has led to a “globally unprecedented” reduction in new infections, according to what is being called...
31.10.2018
- BASF and Sinopec have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their existing joint venture and build a second steam cracker in Nanjing, China. The companies said the...
31.10.2018
- A US federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by Danish biopharma Forward Pharma against the validity of Biogen’s patent for blockbuster multiple sclerosis (MS) drug Tecfidera...
30.10.2018
- Activist investor Trian wants PPG Industries to oust its CEO Michael McGarry and replace him with former chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, while also suggesting the US paintmaker...
30.10.2018
- Germany’s BASF and Korea’s KOLON PLASTICS have started up a new $220 million, 70,000 t/y plant for the engineering plastic polyoxymethylene (POM) at their 50:50 joint venture KOLON...
29.10.2018
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug produced by Genentech to treat acute uncomplicated influenza (flu) in patients 12 years of age and older who have...
29.10.2018
- Strong demand for high-performance sealing applications has prompted Belgium’s Solvay to expand capacity of its Tecnoflon fluoroelastomers in Changshu, China, and Spinetta Marengo...
29.10.2018
- The European Parliament has voted 571 against 53 (with 54 abstentions) for an EU-wide plan to completely ban a raft of single-use plastics in a bid to stop marine pollution...
29.10.2018
- BASF is looking to divest its Construction Chemicals business or find a “strong partner,” new CEO Martin Brudermüller said during a conference call with journalists to present...
26.10.2018
- East Rutherford, NJ/USA-based Cambrex Corporation is investing approximately $3 million to increase the capacity and efficiency of one of its cGMP manufacturing facilities at its...
