08.11.2017
- With less than two weeks to go before EU Member States select a new host city for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on 20 November 2017, the agency is preparing itself to...
08.11.2017
- Major polyolefins producer Borealis is to undertake a feasibility study on a series of PP capacity increases during the next nine months. The study will assess a program of...
08.11.2017
- In one of several controversial moves made by its new administrator, Scott Pruitt, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to bar scientists who receive agency...
08.11.2017
- Chinese-owned, Switzerland-based agrochemicals giant Syngenta has announced plans to acquire state-owned Chinese grains trader COFCO International’s crop seeds business for an...
07.11.2017
- Doubt continues to be cast on whether Saudi Arabia’s planned initial public offering of 5% of its shares in national flagship oil and petrochemicals group Saudi Aramco will go...
07.11.2017
- Sanofi is pursuing another US competitor for alleged breach of the patent for its top-selling diabetes drug insulin glargine (branded as Lantus and Lantus SoloStar), which together...
06.11.2017
- SK Global Chemical, part of SK Innovation, is buying another asset from Dow Chemical, this time its polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) business. The acquisition includes all production...
06.11.2017
- Widening its already leading position as a holder of UK shale gas exploration licenses, Ineos has struck a deal with a subsidiary of French oil and gases group Total. The Swiss...
06.11.2017
- As part of its first financial report, the chemical industry’s newest giant, the merged DowDuPont, has announced it has rolled back its timetable for splitting into three...
03.11.2017
- Data in industry is coming in larger quantities, more frequently and from more sources. The buzzwords Internet of Things, Big Data and Industry 4.0 were coined to describe the...
