22.01.2018
- ChemChina subsidiary Adama has raised nearly 1.6 billion Chinese yuan ($243.8 million) to fund certain designated investments. These include ramping up capacity at its recently...
22.01.2018
- Chinese companies are said to be taking great interest in the diabetes care business Johnson & Johnson may put up for sale. The news agency Reuters, citing “five people with direct...
19.01.2018
- A report from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety has confirmed the safety profile and effectiveness of the anticoagulant...
19.01.2018
- Ineos is seeking planning permission from the Falkirk Council – the governing body that has jurisdiction for Grangemouth – to build a new energy plant and pipe bridge near Bo’ness...
19.01.2018
- US resins producer Hexion (formerly Momentive Specialty Chemicals) has sold its additives technology group (ATG) to German specialty additive company Münzing Chemie for...
18.01.2018
- Thailand’s Indorama Ventures, the world’s biggest producer of PET, has agreed with South Korean fibers company Huvis to establish a 50:50 joint venture in the US. The jv will...
18.01.2018
- With a stiff wind still blowing in its face from regulatory authorities in the two important markets EU and USA, titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Tronox this week said it has now...
18.01.2018
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the UK’s largest drugmaker in terms of sales, is rumored to be preparing a bid for compatriot Vectura, an inhaled airways disease-focused player. The two...
17.01.2018
- Japan has the world’s third largest pharma industry. Yet, for many international companies the market has not proved easy to access. Very high barriers to entry have combined with...
17.01.2018
- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added seven chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the candidate list. Five of the SVHCs have been identified as...
