16.02.2018
- US drugmaker Merck & Co. has said it will halt its APECS randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, double-blind Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of...
16.02.2018
- Norway’s Yara has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jordan’s Arab Potash to cooperate in producing and selling potassium nitrate, also known as potash. As part of the...
16.02.2018
- Rotterdam-headquartered, Houston-managed olefins and polyolefins giant LyondellBasell has announced plans to acquire Akron, Ohio-based compounding specialist A. Schulman for $2.25...
15.02.2018
- The main driver of growth in the port of Rotterdam throughout 2017 was a particularly strong growth in container throughput of 12.3% (in tonnes). Total cargo throughput rose by 1.3...
15.02.2018
- Italy’s Versalis has agreed with US tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas to research and develop a technology package to commercialize the guayule plant as a source of production...
15.02.2018
- Boehringer Ingelheim said it plans to shift the focus of its investigational compound BI 409306 to ongoing clinical trials with schizophrenia patients after the drug failed to...
15.02.2018
- In partnership with Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), German industrial gases group Linde has launched its Asia Pacific Digitalization Hub, a strategic initiative to...
15.02.2018
- Following the approval of all regulatory instances, German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess has successfully completed its acquisition of Solvay’s €65 million phosphorus...
- UK specialty chemical and technology group Johnson Matthey announced the successful scale-up and commercial availability of a novel Gusev catalyst for ester hydrogenation. Using...
14.02.2018
- Shaheen Chem Investment, owned by investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman, is planning to invest Dh4 billion, or around $1 billion, to build a chemical complex in...
