27.07.2017
- US pharmaceutical company Celgene has agreed to pay $280 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing it of fraud for promoting a thalidomide-based drug pair re-purposed to...
26.07.2017
- An affiliate of US private equity group H.I.G. Capital has sold Cornerstone Chemical to an affiliate of LittleJohn & Co., another private investment firm based in Greenwich...
26.07.2017
- US Merck’s shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine Zostavax continues to be the target of legal action at a time when the drugmaker is already facing the prospect of competition from...
26.07.2017
- Shire has obtained exclusive worldwide rights from Novimmune for a bi-specific antibody that is currently in pre-clinical development for treating patients with the blood disorders...
26.07.2017
- Hungarian oil and petrochemicals group MOL Group has signed technology license agreements with German specialty chemicals producer Evonik and engineering contractor Thyssenkrupp...
25.07.2017
- Norway’s Vistin Pharma has agreed to sell its opioids and tablet manufacturing business (CMO) to Australia’s TPI Enterprises for 100 million Norwegian krone ($12.5 million). On the...
25.07.2017
- Air Products has signed a long-term agreement to build, own and operate a new steam methane reformer (SMR) and cold box for Huntsman in Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The facility will...
25.07.2017
- LyondellBasell is pressing ahead with plans to build a new plant to produce propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) in the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Billed as...
25.07.2017
- Ineos Shale has verbally ramped up its fight with the UK’s National Trust, the charity that runs the historic Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, where the company wants to conduct...
24.07.2017
- The chemical industry’s ambition is to play a leading role in the transformation of the European economy to a low-carbon and circular one by creating innovative climate and energy...