03.10.2016
- The world’s biggest insulin producer, Novo Nordisk, has announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs in response to a challenging environment and increased competition, particularly in the US...
03.10.2016
- A Pennsylvania law that critics have long claimed favors the Marcellus Basin’s shale gas industry over homeowners and the general public has been declared unconstitutional by the...
03.10.2016
- Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has launched a generic equivalent of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithkline’s Epzicom (abacavir and lamivudine) 600 mg/300 mg tablets in the US...
03.10.2016
- French drugmaker Sanofi has appointed Alan Main to lead its over-the-counter (OTC) activities as part of a newly created consumer health global business unit. The new vice...
30.09.2016
- Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical producer, Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP), has signed an agreement with Univation Technologies to license the US company’s Unipol PE...
30.09.2016
- Catalent has announced plans to acquire Pharmatek Laboratories, a contract drug development and clinical manufacturing company, for an all-cash undisclosed sum. The acquisition...
30.09.2016
- German chemical producer Lanxess has placed two euro-denominated benchmark bonds on the European capital market for the financing of its planned $2.5 billion acquisition of the US...
30.09.2016
- BASF has inaugurated a new production complex for polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) at its site in Shanghai, China. The new facility, which will produce PVP K30 powder for several...
29.09.2016
- Handling global exports in compliance with GDP and distributing temperature-sensitive, high-priced drugs throughout Europe is a major challenge. Along with the need to meet...
29.09.2016
- BASF is to build a new acetylene plant at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The 90,000 t/y facility is scheduled to start up at the end of 2019, replacing the existing plant which...
