21.03.2017
- UK medical research charity MRC Technology has licensed an antibody to Newsummit Biopharma, a leading Chinese drug developer, in an effort to create a novel therapeutic for...
21.03.2017
- Belgian chemicals company Solvay has agreed to buy all the renewable energy certificates (RECs) from the largest solar farm to be built in South Carolina, USA, for the next 15...
21.03.2017
- Oilfield chemicals major Wood Group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, has made a £2.2 billion all-share offer to acquire US rival Amec Foster Wheeler. The bid represents a 15% premium...
21.03.2017
- US petrochemical producer Oxea has begun construction on a new plant at Bay City, Texas, for 100,000 t/y of propanol and 40,000 t/year of propionaldehyde. Purnendu Rai, executive...
20.03.2017
- For its range of bioactive ingredients Assess has expanded the distribution agreement with Azelis from Mar. 17 to include Australia and New Zealand. Azelis has already been serving...
20.03.2017
- US drugmaker Marathon Pharmaceuticals has sold all rights to its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug Emflaza (deflazacort) to PTC Therapeutics in a deal that could be...
20.03.2017
- Allergan has secured exclusive access to Editas Medicine’s genome-editing ocular programs under a strategic research and development agreement. The deal covers early stage, first...
20.03.2017
- British oil and petrochemicals major BP and Swiss-based olefins and polyolefins producer Ineos have confirmed they are in talks about Ineos taking over the 100-mile-long Forties...
20.03.2017
- BASF is spending more than €200 million on expanding its production network for plastic additives. In its latest move, the German group said it will build a 42,000 t/y world-scale...
17.03.2017
- Chemspec Europe, the International Exhibition for Fine and Speciality Chemicals, makes a return to Munich for its 32nd edition. From 31 May – 1 June 2017, manufacturers, suppliers...
