14.04.2016
- Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cancer drug Opdivo can now be used to treat more patients with lung cancer or kidney cancer after European regulators expanded its indications. The EU...
14.04.2016
- US specialty chemicals company Chemtura is expanding capacity for Low Free (LF) MDI in Latina, Italy. The expansion is due for completion by the end of 2016. The company said the...
14.04.2016
- With immediate effect, Merck KGaA has appointed Maya Martinez-Davis (46) as global head of oncology for its biopharma business, succeeding Andrew Schiermeier. She will be based in...
14.04.2016
- After the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) last month passed a resolution urging the EU Commission not to renew the authorization of the herbicide ingredient...
14.04.2016
- Bayer is still committed to expanding its animal health business, but would consider selling it if suitable takeover targets remain elusive, newly named CEO Werner Baumann has told...
14.04.2016
- A court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has ruled that UK-based Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides has infringed Solvay’s patents for rare earth mixed oxides. The UK affiliate of the Colorado, US...
14.04.2016
- Clariant agreed to acquire a 17% stake in South Korea’s BioSpectrum for an undisclosed sum. The family-owned company, headquartered in Seoul, is a developer and supplier of...
14.04.2016
- Michael Pearson, the controversial CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals has bowed to pressure and agreed to be deposed by the US Senate’s Special Committee on Aging, which is...
14.04.2016
- Air Liquide has signed a new long-term contract to build a new air separation unit (ASU) for Maoming Petrochemical Co (MPCC), a subsidiary of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp....
13.04.2016
- Canadian gas company Pembina Pipeline and Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) are to evaluate the feasibility of building a combined propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and...
