10.11.2017
- The European Chemical Council CEFIC, the European Parliament and the European Commission have reached a provisional political deal on reforming the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU...
10.11.2017
- Thailand’s Indorama Ventures, the world’s largest PET producer, has agreed to buy the assets of Artlant PTA in Portugal for an undisclosed sum. The PTA plant in the Sines...
10.11.2017
- Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim is partnering US company Dicerna Pharmaceuticals to develop new RNAi therapeutics for liver diseases. The research collaboration and license...
10.11.2017
- For the second time in two weeks and the sixth time altogether, an EU expert panel has failed to agree on whether to extend the license of the herbicide chemical glyphosate at all...
09.11.2017
- In a worldwide comparison Africa is currently a very small and economically sub-scale and micro-fragmented market. It accounts for just two percent of the global pharmaceutical...
09.11.2017
- Italian performance additives producer Italmatch Chemicals has boosted its presence in Latin America with the purchase of Sudamfos do Brasil. Located in Sao Paulo, Sudamfos do...
09.11.2017
- Long time Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris, now executive chairman of DowDuPont, has been tapped to take part in a US trade mission to China this week, joining President Donald...
09.11.2017
- The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug developed by Eli Lilly to treat a common type of breast cancer. Verzenio is recommended both for women and men with HR...
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...