14.10.2016
- After the recently passed reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act, (TSCA), the US Environmental Protection Agency said it is proceeding swiftly with the fast-tracking of certain...
14.10.2016
- Germany’s Merck KGaA is targeting sales of around €4 billion with new products by 2022, CEO Stefan Oschmann said at a Capital Markets Day presentation. The Darmstadt-based company...
13.10.2016
- CMC Biologics and IDT Biologika announced the addition of Cerbios and Oncotec Pharma to PROVEO, their strategic collaboration for providing a complete and efficient solution to the...
12.10.2016
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals, generics specialist headquartered in both the US and the UK, has paid $465m to the US government to settle claims that it improperly classified its EpiPen...
12.10.2016
- BASF is expanding its polyurethanes system house in Bangpoo, Thailand, to meet growing regional, demand, in particular from the transportation and footwear segments, and plans to...
12.10.2016
- ChemChina is facing a funding gap of $15 billion for its purchase of Syngenta, the Chinese news service Caixin has reported. Citing people close to the negotiations and private...
12.10.2016
- The UK’s Crescendo Biologics is collaborating with Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in a deal worth $790 million. The partners have announced a global, strategic...
12.10.2016
- US biotech firms Genomatica and Ginkgo Bioworks have formed an alliance to accelerate the adoption of biological process technology within the mainstream chemical industry. The...
12.10.2016
- DSM Dyneema, a subsidiary of Dutch chemical producer DSM, has defended a challenge in the European Patent Office (EPO) from local rival Teijin Aramid relating to its ultra-strong...
12.10.2016
- The newly developed Bristol-Myers (BMS) lung cancer drug Opdivo, a so-called checkpoint inhibitor that stimulates the immune system so that it can attack malignant tumours, has...