19.05.2016
- US contractor Jacobs Engineering has won a contract to provide engineering services to Mitsubishi Polyester Film for an expansion project. The American subsidiary of Japan’s...
19.05.2016
- Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and AbbVie’s cancer treatment Empliciti has received the green light in Europe to treat multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that develops in the bone marrow...
19.05.2016
- AkzoNobel has completed the first phase of the €2.5 million expansion of its performance coatings plant in Cikarang, Indonesia. The Dutch company said the expansion will increase...
19.05.2016
- Swiss drugmaker Novartis has announced plans to split its Pharmaceutical division into two business units, Novartis Pharmaceutical and Novartis Oncology. The first-mentioned will...
17.05.2016
- ChemChina has extended its $43 billion offer for Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta by more than a month as it waits for regulatory approval. The main offer period has been...
17.05.2016
- A break-up of the UK’s largest pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is not under consideration at the moment, GSK Chairman Phillip Hampton told the company’s annual...
17.05.2016
- Confirming plans revealed three years ago for a new linear alpha olefins (LAO) plant on the US Gulf Coast, Ineos Oligomers has announced a final investment decision. The facility...
17.05.2016
- In an opinion published on the eve of the European Commission’s possibly final discussion over whether to extend the registration of glyphosate for a further 15 years, the United...
17.05.2016
- Pfizer has agreed to pay around $5.2 billion for Anacor Pharmaceuticals in a deal that has been approved by both companies’ boards. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA...
17.05.2016
- US specialty chemicals company Albemarle is exploring the sale of its Chemetall surface-treatment division, according to the news agency Bloomberg. People familiar with the matter...
