05.01.2018
- US specialty polymers producer PolyOne has acquired IQAP Masterbatch Group, a Spanish supplier of specialty colorants and additives to high-growth markets such as transportation...
05.01.2018
- Pershing Square, the hedge fund of US activist investor Bill Ackman, and Canada-based drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals have agreed in principle to pay $290 million to settle two...
05.01.2018
- Specialty pharmaceuticals manufacturer Mallinckrodt has agreed to buy biopharmaceuticals producer Sucampo, including its commercial and development assets. The transaction is...
04.01.2018
- From 1 January 2018, the tank container industry will be represented by a single global organization, following the merger of ITCO (International Tank Container Organisation) and...
04.01.2018
- Roche is planning to buy US group Ignyta for around $1.7 billion in an all-cash deal that will expand the Swiss group’s portfolio of cancer medicines. San Diego, California-based...
04.01.2018
- Multiple scientific assessments released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the end of 2017 are said to show that commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics)...
04.01.2018
- US chemicals and plastics producer Celanese is acquiring custom compounder Omni Plastics for an undisclosed sum. The subsidiaries of the Evansville, Indiana-based compounder...
03.01.2018
- AkzoNobel has appointed Renier Vree as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of its Specialty Chemicals business, effective Mar. 1, 2018. Vree has spent the last eight years at Arcadis...
03.01.2018
- UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has expanded its stake in its Saudi subsidiary Glaxo Saudi Arabia Limited (GSAL) by 26% to 75%. With an investment of more than $243 million, the...
03.01.2018
- After two weeks of protest in Israel, generics giant Teva has temporarily taken back about a third of the planned job cuts at its plant in Jerusalem. Original plans called for 340...
