31.05.2016
- As the Scottish Parliament prepares for a potentially acrimonious debate on the environment and climate change on Jun. 1, which will include fracking, petrochemicals giant Ineos –...
31.05.2016
- Large innovative US pharmaceutical companies will continue seeking bolt-on acquisitions as the need for larger transactions has declined, says the ratings agency Fitch, adding that...
30.05.2016
- Mitsui Chemicals is expanding capacity for PP compounds in Europe, North America and India in response to growing demand in automotive applications.The company said it expects...
30.05.2016
- BASF is selling its Kollicoat IR Coating Systems product line to US-based Colorcon for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which is subject to approval by the Brazilian competition...
30.05.2016
- Bayer’s plans to take over Monsanto may face higher antitrust hurdles than the company acknowledges, the US newspaper St Louis Dispatch, published in Monsanto’s hometown of St...
30.05.2016
- Air Liquide has completed its acquisition of US competitor Airgas for $10.3 billion, making the French company the world’s largest industrial gases and welding hardgoods...
27.05.2016
- The US House of Representatives has passed the long awaited update of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) by a vote or 403 to12, winning broad support from the country’s two...
27.05.2016
- US chemical company W.R. Grace has agreed to sell businesses associated with its chromatography instruments, columns and related laboratory products to companies in Germany, the UK...
27.05.2016
- Janssen-Cilag, a subsidiary of US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson, has been granted conditional approval in Europe for Darzalex (daratumumab) to treat patients with relapsed and...
27.05.2016
- With Bayer’s struggle for conquest of Monsanto and the ongoing dispute over the safety of genetic manipulation (GM) of crops dominating the headlines, scientific bodies in the UK...
