20.01.2011
- Strategy Development in the Chemical Industry in China - From a Western perspective, business strategies should be based on two perspectives: an external and an internal one...
20.01.2011
- French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis is likely to extend its $18.5 billion tender offer for Genzyme one last time as it seeks to buy the U.S. maker of drugs for rare diseases, sources...
20.01.2011
- Poor Controls - In the past five years, several contaminated products have led to patient and end-user injuries and death globally. In 2007, there was diethylene-glycol...
19.01.2011
- Facing Challenges - In today's world, the pharmaceutical and chemical industries face major challenges including globalization, environmental regulation, and shortening product...
19.01.2011
- New Architecture for New Innovation - A warm, open building with an inviting aura as a home to R&D laboratories for the chemical industry - visitors strolling through any given...
19.01.2011
- Looking Ahead - Rx-360 turns two years old this month, and the international supply chain consortium can look back on a host of achievements. The group now boasts over 50...
19.01.2011
- Amgen, the world's biggest maker of biotechnology drugs, plans to sell its Fremont, Calif., development and manufacturing plant to Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim, the companies...
18.01.2011
- The 50/50 joint venture between Styron and Sumitomo Chemical is being renamed Sumika Styron Polycarbonate Limited (SSPC). Company name change activities are underway and are...
18.01.2011
- Feed The World - When DSM's CEO Feike Sijbesma was awarded the UN's 2010 Humanitarian of the Year Award, it put the chemical industry in a new light. Sijbesma, who won the award...
18.01.2011
- Lanxess has announced a €40 million investment in two projects at its Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany site.The company is building a production plant for the formalin needed to make...