19.10.2015
- Comments made by Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers in a talk with the UK business newspaper Financial Times have fueled speculation that the German group may be interested in picking up the...
19.10.2015
- In a deal pending since 2011, Orion Engineered Carbons will acquire the 52% stake owned by German chemical group Evonik in China-based carbon black producer Qingdao Evonik Chemical...
19.10.2015
- Adding to its previous setbacks – in particular Syngenta’s rejection of its takeover advances –US agribusiness giant Monsanto is now facing a revolt from seed manufacturers in...
19.10.2015
- Logistics heads and executives are asking themselves, “Do we need to approach serialization, or is it just a minor trend?” Is serialization pain or gain? Now is the time to act no...
19.10.2015
- The Spanish subsidiary of Dow Chemical has confirmed that its light hydrocarbon cracker at Tarragona was taken off stream for repairs and maintenance following an incident on Oct...
19.10.2015
- US drug maker Eli Lilly has discontinued clinical trials with evacetrapib, a potential blockbuster medicine it had hoped to recommend for treatment of high-risk atherosclerotic...
19.10.2015
- Shell has declared force majeure (FM) for base chemicals product from its cracker complex at Singapore, due to what it called an “operational upset” on Oct. 15. The incident...
19.10.2015
- AstraZeneca’s US launch of a fixed-dose diabetes drug combination of saxagliptin and dapagliflozin has been delayed, due to concerns of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a...
19.10.2015
- Citing regulatory restrictions that have made the business “unsustainable,” US chemical producer Chemtura said it plans to end production of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)-based...
16.10.2015
- German gases and engineering group Linde has inaugurated its new Linde Pilot Reformer research facility at Pullach, near Munich. The pilot reformer will be used to refine steam...
