08.11.2015
- Lanxess is proceeding more quickly than expected toward its realignment goals, CEO Matthias Zachert said at the company’s Media Day in Cologne, Germany. Thanks to this success, he...
08.11.2015
- Anglo-Swedish drugs firm AstraZeneca has unveiled plans to buy US biopharmaceutical company ZS Pharma, in a move that boosts its portfolio for treating cardiovascular and metabolic...
08.11.2015
- The agrochemicals industry is on the brink of a new round of mergers and acquisitions, not seen since 2007, following the collapse of global agriculture prices. According to a...
06.11.2015
- BASF has started production at its new specialty amines plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The multi-product facility can manufacture about 12,000 t/y of around 15 amines for uses in...
06.11.2015
- Lanxess is investing some €60 million in expanding custom synthesis facilities at multi-purpose production facilities in the Central Organics Pilot Plant (ZeTO) of fine chemicals...
06.11.2015
- Four large seeds producers have withdrawn their applications to cultivate genetically manipulated maize in Germany, federal agriculture minister, Christian Schmidt, has announced...
06.11.2015
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is expecting to file 20 new drugs by 2020, with another 20 to follow in the following five years. In a presentation to investors in New York, CEO Andrew Witty...
05.11.2015
- Germany-based styrenics producer Styrolution, now wholly owned by Ineos, said it has reached agreement with Brazilian plastics giant Braskem to suspend all plans for a 70-30 joint...
05.11.2015
- French pharmaceutical producer Sanofi and German biotech firm BioNTech have agreed a multi-year exclusive collaboration and license agreement aimed at leveraging their respective...
05.11.2015
- SA Talke, a joint venture between Germany’s Talke Group and Saudi Industrial Services (SISCO), has been awarded a contract to carry out on-site logistics for National Petrochemical...
