07.02.2018
- Following the European Commission’s late-January extension of its lengthened probe into the planned Bayer-Monsanto merger, the German group said on Feb. 5 it had offered additional...
30.01.2018
- Bayer’s proposed acquisition of Monsanto faces another delay after European regulators extended their investigation by five days to Mar. 12. The European Commission has not given a...
19.01.2018
- A report from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety has confirmed the safety profile and effectiveness of the anticoagulant...
11.01.2018
- As it works toward unloading all of its shareholding in its former plastics subsidiary Covestro – the former Bayer MaterialScience – the Bayer group said it has begun an...
08.01.2018
- The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...
08.01.2018
- On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...
08.01.2018
- The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...
08.01.2018
- Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations, and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a...
