28.10.2015
- The chemical and pharmaceuticals industry of the state of Hesse in Germany has been true to its traditions. The locations that witnessed the development of this sector have evolved...
28.10.2015
- What should be the key criteria when searching for the best location for a chemical investment? One might do worse than to use the guiding principle of famous bank robber Willie...
28.10.2015
- Dow Chemical is shifting at least some of its investment priorities to the US from the Middle East, and in particular restructuring its engagement in Kuwait. The forward-looking...
28.10.2015
- Novartis has agreed to pay $390 million to settle with the US Department of Justice over allegations it used kickbacks to specialist pharmacies to promote sales of some of its...
28.10.2015
- Just as analysts were talking up an acquisition by DuPont of the agricultural business US rival Dow Chemical may put up for sale, the company’s interim CEO, Edward Breen, appears...
28.10.2015
- Ineos is mooted to be in advanced talks about a deal to acquire more North Sea gas interests. The UK’s Sky News said on Oct. 27 it had learned that Ineos is close to acquiring a 25...
27.10.2015
- Biogen has announced a corporate restructuring scheme that will lead it to terminate a number of drug pipeline programs while cutting the workforce by 11% up to the end of this...
27.10.2015
- Elevance Renewable Sciences, a US company that produces specialty chemicals from natural oils, has appointed Tony Parnell as its new CEO. He succeeds K’Lynne Johnson, who has been...
27.10.2015
- Arkema and Brewer Science have joined forces to produce high quality DSA (directed self assembly) materials for use in semiconductor manufacturing. The future partners said the...
27.10.2015
- Chemical market watchers are looking especially intensely at the agriculture sector in the wake of the failed takeover of Switzerland’s giant, Syngenta, by US giant Monsanto. As...
