27.04.2016
- BASF has opened a new R&D center at its crop protection division’s headquarters in Limburgerhof, Germany, to serve as hub of expertise for biological crop protection and seeds. The...
27.04.2016
- Concerns over exposure to the controversial chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C8) are now washing up on European shores. Residents living near a former DuPont facility at...
27.04.2016
- US regulators have given a breakthrough designation to Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cancer drug Opdivo (nivolumab) for treating head and neck cancer. This is the fifth breakthrough...
26.04.2016
- Iran’s Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) and South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA have signed an agreement covering production of gas to liquids (GTL) in Iran...
26.04.2016
- German chemical producer Lanxess has agreed to buy the Clean and Disinfect business of US-based Chemours for €210 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half...
26.04.2016
- Bostik, the specialty adhesives business of France’s Arkema, has expanded its production of cementitious powder in the Philippines. The plant in Misamis Oriental will supply...
26.04.2016
- Novartis is said to be planning to divest its nearly $14 billion stake in rival Swiss drugmaker Roche, accounting for about 6% of that company’s shares and more than 30% of its...
26.04.2016
- Ineos has stalled in the first round but could still win its fight to permanently close a public road that runs through its Grangemouth complex in Scotland. At a hearing held by...
25.04.2016
- Solvay plans to build additional capacity for hydroquinone (HQ) in China to go on stream in 2018. The investment is being made by its aroma performance global business unit which...
25.04.2016
- US chemical producer W. R. Grace has agreed to acquire the assets of BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes technologies, patents...
