02.06.2017
- Laboratory supplies giant Thermo Fisher Scientific announced plans to buy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Patheon for $35.00 per share in cash. The...
01.06.2017
- US chemical producer Eastman has announced it will expand output of performance films at Martinsville, Virginia, to meet growing demand in automotive and architectural markets. The...
01.06.2017
- UK biotech Bicycle Therapeutics has raised £40 million from a Series B financing round to advance the development of multiple candidate drugs to treat cancers with a high unmet...
01.06.2017
- Dutch specialty chemicals distributor Barentz has opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to boost its growth in the country’s food ingredients market. Primarily sourced...
01.06.2017
- A new report released by the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) showed that the UK received the highest amount of biotech funding compared to anywhere else in Europe last year, and...
01.06.2017
- Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate headed by American billionaire Warren Buffett, has taken a 3% stake in Germany’s Lanxess. A statement filed with the Frankfurt stock exchange...
01.06.2017
- The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has rejected PPG’s request for an extension to the Jun. 1 deadline to make a tender offer for AkzoNobel. AFM did not give...
31.05.2017
- US drugmaker Merck has bought an exclusive global licence from Japan’s Teijin Pharma to develop, manufacture and commercialize an investigational preclinical antibody candidate...
31.05.2017
- Jindal Films Americas has announced plans to add polyester films to its US production footprint. The new facility will be built at Jindal’s new American headquarters in LaGrange...
31.05.2017
- A Dutch court has rejected attempts by a group of AkzoNobel shareholders to force a special meeting to oust the company’s chairman, Antony Burgmans, who is viewed as the main...
