15.11.2016
- German specialty chemicals company Evonik has submitted a binding offer to acquire the methionine technology and other assets of French biochemistry company Metabolic Explorer...
08.09.2016
- Peptides in pharmaceutical development have traveled a rough road. It took a long time for these small proteins to emerge as a basis for new medical products. This has become...
01.09.2016
- Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired the patent rights for Bayer’s BAYQIK quasi-isothermal sulfuric acid converter technology and other related technology for an undisclosed sum...
02.05.2016
- AstraZeneca has agreed to grant exclusive rights for its Zurampic gout treatment in the US to partner Ironwood Pharmaceuticals. Zurampic was approved by the US Food and Drug...
24.02.2016
- GFBiochemicals, an Italian producer of levulinic acid, has purchased the assets and intellectual property of Segetis, a US-based producer of levulinic acid derivatives, for an...
01.02.2016
- Against the backdrop of a cooling Chinese economy, French chemical producer Arkema has decided against increasing its stake in Taixing Sunke Chemicals, the joint venture that...
13.10.2015
- Citing a decline in demand in North America and an oversupplied global market, US nylon specialist Invista has announced plans to close its 220,000 t/y adipic acid plant at Orange...
24.09.2015
- Netherlands-based Corbion Purac has signed an agreement with Malladi Specialties Limited (MSL) of India covering marketing and supply of lactic acid and derivatives. Part of the...
