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...
14.02.2018
- An inspection by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has found hundreds of consumer products containing chemicals that are restricted under REACH legislation. The investigation by...
14.02.2018
- Lawyers for 100 residents of the US state of North Carolina who claim their health may have been impaired by drinking water contaminated with the “GenX” fluorosurfactant and its...
13.02.2018
- Thomas W. Buettner has succeeded Josef Goetz as managing director of Gemini PharmChem Mannheim in October. Born in Frankfurt in 1956, the lawyer looks back on more than 30 years of...
13.02.2018
- Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has been granted marketing approval by the European Commission for its Ozempic (semaglutide) diabetes treatment. The once-weekly drug, a glucagon-like...
