16.06.2017
- Biopolymer company NatureWorks has signed a contract to license Plaxica’s Optipure process technology to produce D-lactic acid. NatureWorks said the license provides a low-cost...
16.06.2017
- Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical and Germany’s BASF have joined forces to develop a novel fungicidal compound discovered by the Japanese partner and said to demonstrate “high efficacy” in...
16.06.2017
- A federal jury in its home state of Illinois has ordered US drugmaker AbbVie to pay $15 million to cover current medical expenses and future care for a 10-year-old boy in...
15.06.2017
- German distributor Biesterfeld Spezialchemie has boosted its portfolio following a deal to distribute Bio-gen Extracts’ nutraceuticals and plant extracts in Europe. Located in...
15.06.2017
- The Perm subsidiary of Russian gas and petrochemicals giant Sibur and the Perm territorial government have signed an eight-year special investment contract to set up a plant...
15.06.2017
- Canada-based, US-run drugmaker Valeant has agreed to sell its iNova Pharmaceuticals subsidiary for $930 million in cash to a company jointly owned by funds advised and managed by...
15.06.2017
- A federal court in New Orleans, Louisiana, has cleared manufacturer Bayer and its US marketing partner Johnson & Johnson of liability in the second trial of what is expected to be...
14.06.2017
- Chemical industry organizations including those representing producers of titanium dioxide, have criticized the decision by the Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) of the European...
14.06.2017
- US pharmaceutical giant Merck has announced it is suspending new enrollments in two phase 3 multiple myeloma studies with its blockbuster immunotherapy drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab...
14.06.2017
- Finnish chemical company Kemira has started up new production lines for alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) emulsion and cationic rosin sizing agents at its site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province...
