17.08.2018
- US specialty biopharma Emergent BioSolutions has agreed to buy PaxVax in an all-cash deal worth $270 million. PaxVax is majority owned by an affiliate of American private equity...
17.08.2018
- After completing the transfer of certain agrochemicals assets to BASF on Aug. 16, Bayer has begun integrating Monsanto into its organization. Anti-trust regulations had required...
16.08.2018
- Japan’s Astellas Pharma has acquired Cambridge, UK-based Quethera, a gene therapy company focused on developing novel treatments for eye disease, such as glaucoma. The acquisition...
16.08.2018
- ICI Pakistan has signed a deal to manufacture, formulate and distribute Huntsman Textile Effects’ products in Pakistan. The Karachi-headquartered group said the agreement combines...
16.08.2018
- The Australian Patent Office has granted an application by Germany’s Merck KGaA to patent the use of paired CRISPR nickases. The Darmstadt-based group said, these “represent a...
15.08.2018
- Saudi petrochemicals and plastics group SABIC is working with US product design firm Nottingham Spirk to develop new uses for its specialty materials. With this partnership SABIC...
15.08.2018
- Chemetall, the surface treatment business of BASF’s Coatings division, is investing in a new site in Zhejiang province, China. The complex, which will be located in the Dushan Port...
15.08.2018
- Major international drugmakers and at least one medical device supplier are acknowledging one by one that they are under scrutiny from the US Department of Justice for allegedly...
15.08.2018
- US private equity investor Carlyle is preparing an initial public offering for Berlin-based specialty chemicals group Atotech, reports the news agency Reuters. The Washington, DC...
