19.06.2017
- Veramaris, the proposed joint venture between Evonik Nutrition & Care and DSM Nutritional Products, has chosen to locate its proposed commercial-scale plant for omega-3 fatty acids...
19.06.2017
- Major specialty chemical distributor Azelis has boosted its position in the Nordic region’s food market segment with the purchase of Denmark’s LCH for an undisclosed sum...
19.06.2017
- The final go-ahead for the long planned $130 million merger of US chemical giants Dow and DuPont appeared all but assured on Jun. 15 as US antitrust authorities gave the green for...
19.06.2017
- US styrenics producer Trinseo has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Italy’s family-owned API Applicazioni Plastiche Industriali in an all-cash deal. This will be the...
16.06.2017
- US biotechnology group Genentech, part of Roche, is handing back rights to NewLink Genetics’ IDO inhibitor GDC-0919 (navoximod), an investigational cancer treatment. Genentech...
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...
