05.12.2016
- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim and China Southeast University Institute of Life Sciences have started a joint research project to develop new treatment approaches for...
02.12.2016
- AstraZeneca’s biologics R&D arm MedImmune and US life sciences group Abpro have spun out a new company – AbMed – to advance the development of a preclinical, novel bispecific...
02.12.2016
- Evonik has agreed to buy Metabolic Explorer’s methionine technology portfolio for €45 million. The deal, signed on Nov. 28, strengthens the Essen-based specialty chemical company’s...
02.12.2016
- By a vote of 392 to 26, the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a nearly 1,000-page piece of legislation aimed at accelerating federal...
02.12.2016
- Health Canada is inviting comments through the end of February 2017 on its preliminary plans to ban the chemical imidacloprid, an active ingredient in neonicotinoid-based...
01.12.2016
- US industrial gases group Praxair has resumed efforts to negotiate a merger with German rival Linde. Both companies have confirmed Praxair’s approach to restart discussions, and...
01.12.2016
- Polyolefins producer Borealis has awarded a contract to Jacobs Engineering to carry out a feasibility study for its proposed second propane dehydrogenation (PDH) at Kallo in...
01.12.2016
- Talks between Valeant and Takeda about a takeover of Valeant’s Salix subsidiary for $10 billion have broken down amid disagreements over price, among other things, according to the...
01.12.2016
- Mexican petrochemicals and plastics producer Mexichem has acquired Vinyl Compounds Holdings (VCHL), a Derbyshire, UK-based manufacturer of technical PVC compounds. The British...
30.11.2016
- The splash-making news that Swiss pharmaceuticals and biotechnology firm Actelion is holding preliminary talks with major US healthcare company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) about a...
