11.09.2017
- Bayer and Monsanto may have to extend the closing of their $66 billion merger beyond the end of this year, as regulatory approvals are taking longer than expected. The companies...
08.09.2017
- When the UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) on 1 January 1973, nobody could imagine that quite exactly 40 years later, in January 2013, then Prime Minister David...
08.09.2017
- Following all regulatory approvals, French drugmaker Sanofi has completed the acquisition of Protein Sciences, a US vaccines biotech based in Meriden, Connecticut. The deal...
08.09.2017
- Evonik has started up a new plant for organically modified specialty silicones at Shanghai, China, strengthening its business with the products used in applications such as...
08.09.2017
- Danish pharmaceutical producer Novo Nordisk’s US subsidiary is paying nearly $58.7 million to resolve claims that, among other things, it misrepresented a warning by the US Food...
07.09.2017
- The Complex for Industrial Production project sought to meet Russias domestic demands for methylchlorosilane, a key raw material for space, aviation, and hi-tech mechanical...
07.09.2017
- Nagase America, part of Japan’s Nagase Group, has acquired Fitz Chem, a specialty chemicals distributor headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, USA, for an undisclosed sum. Fitz Chem...
07.09.2017
- Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez has announced he will leave the Swiss-based drugnaker in early 2018, after eight years at the helm, and return to his native US. However, he will remain...
07.09.2017
- Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (Air Liquide E&C), the plant-building arm of the French industrial gases producer, has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Chemical...
07.09.2017
- Germany’s Merck KGaA is weighing options for its Consumer Health business, which it says has a strong market position but needs more investment to grow sufficiently. The chemicals...
