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...
17.01.2011
- Johnson & Johnson faulted lax cleaning procedures and other problems at a manufacturing plant behind massive recalls of medicines like Tylenol, and said it was recalling nearly 50...
14.01.2011
- Major tire makers purchased Indonesian rubber at record prices above $5 a kg for March shipment, while top consumer China was also in the market to stock up on fears that prices...
14.01.2011
- Bristol-Myers Squibb said it has recalled 64 million tablets of the blood pressure medicine Avalide in the United States and Puerto Rico due to the potential for reduced...
13.01.2011
- Merck & Co struck an alliance with contract researcher Parexel International to develop copies of biotech medicines, deepening the U.S. drugmaker's investment in so-called...
13.01.2011
- DSM Pharmaceutical Products and Codexis have signed an enzyme supply agreement, the companies announced. The agreement grants DSM rights to use Codexis' custom biocatalysts and...
12.01.2011
- Genzyme, the subject of an $18.5 billion hostile takeover bid from Sanofi-Aventis SA, posted preliminary Q4 earnings that fell short of Wall Street forecasts and cut its earnings...
