21.07.2016
- In separate meetings at the respective corporate headquarters, shareholders of US chemical giants DuPont and Dow have approved the mega merger of the two companies announced in...
20.07.2016
- Roche’s new blood cancer drug Gazyva has failed to show significant improvements in a late-stage lymphoma trial, delivering a blow to its plans for a successor to blockbuster drug...
20.07.2016
- Germany’s Merck KGaA is investing $115 million to build a multi-use life science campus in the US. The 280,000 square-foot facility will be built in Burlington, Massachusetts...
20.07.2016
- Solvay and its affiliate Peroxidos do Brasil – a joint venture with Produtos Quimicos Makay – have agreed to supply the Belgian chemical producer’s myH2O2 technology for a small...
20.07.2016
- Monsanto has rejected Bayer’s sweetened takeover offer of $125 per share, or around $65 billion, calling it “financially inadequate to ensure deal certainty.” The US group repeated...
19.07.2016
- Major shipping and terminals operator Stolt-Nielsen has agreed to buy the chemical tanker fleet of fellow Norwegian firm Jo Tankers for $575 million. The purchase price includes 13...
19.07.2016
- Israel’s Discount Investment has agreed to sell a 40% share in crop protection company Adama Agricultural Solutions to ChemChina for $1.4 billion, including debt, thus giving the...
19.07.2016
- With a new UK government in place, the shale gas industry has quickly come forward to insist that fracking find a place at the top of the national agenda post-Brexit. In former...
19.07.2016
- Bayer and X-Chem Pharmaceuticals have expanded their global drug discovery collaboration, which was launched in 2012 and spans multiple therapeutic areas and target classes. The...
18.07.2016
- A study just released by the European Commission, the Cumulative Cost Assessment (CCA) for the EU Chemical Industry shows that the annual cost for chemical companies to comply with...
