19.05.2017
- Leaders of major companies, including several chemical producers, have published an open letter in business newspaper Wall Street Journal urging US President Donald Trump not to...
19.05.2017
- Biogen has licensed a late-stage stroke drug from Remedy Pharmaceuticals. The US biotech will make an upfront payment of $120 million for Cirara (intravenous glyburide), as well as...
19.05.2017
- Shareholders of oil and petrochemical group Shell attending the annual general meeting in The Hague on May 23 are due to vote on a new plan to link 10% of executives' bonus pay to...
19.05.2017
- The board of Brazilian competition authority Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved the planned $130 million merger of US chemical giants Dow Chemical and...
18.05.2017
- German minerals producer K+S is reviewing its corporate strategy with an eye to improving the performance of its share price, executives said at the annual general meeting last...
18.05.2017
- Russia’s petrochemical giant Sibur has signed an agreement with the Skolkovo Foundation to establish an R&D center for the development and application of polyolefins. The new...
18.05.2017
- The European Commission (EC) is investigating South African pharmaceutical producer Aspen Pharmacare on charges it raised the price of five cancer drugs by “several hundred per...
18.05.2017
- As digitalisation climbs to the top of many corporate agendas, engineering and construction contractor KBR has agreed to collaborate with IBM to develop digital products and...
17.05.2017
- Invista is spending more than $65 million to expand nylon 6,6 fiber capacity at its plant in Camden, South Carolina, USA. The Wichita, Kansas-headquartered group said the...
17.05.2017
- AstraZeneca is to collaborate with US-based Pieris Pharmaceuticals to develop novel inhaled drugs for respiratory diseases. The deal will leverage Pieris’ Anticalin platform and...
