06.06.2017
- German engineering plastics producers Covestro has announced that its chief executive officer, Patrick Thomas, will assume the position of acting chief financial officer until a...
10.05.2017
- As it seeks global regulatory approval of its plan to acquire US agribusiness giant Monsanto, Bayer has said it is willing to divest its leading crop protection brand Liberty Link...
08.05.2017
- South Africa’s competition commission has conditionally approved Bayer’s plan to acquire Monsanto, thus becoming the first antitrust authority to do so. It will require divestments...
05.05.2017
- Bayer and Johnson & Johnson have won the first of around 18,000 lawsuits lawsuit being brought by US patients who claim the blood-thinning drug Xarelto caused their uncontrollable...
02.05.2017
- BASF is not interested in bidding for Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals division, expected to carry a price tag of about $10 billion, but will save its cash to buy agrochemicals...
28.04.2017
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess will invest EUR 25m in its Lillo complex in Antwerp, Belgium’s harbor during 2017. The company said most of the money will be spent on...
25.04.2017
- Pharma chiefs are urging European heads of state to decide sooner rather than later on the new location for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is due to leave the UK as a...
13.03.2017
- Bayer and Monsanto are now prepared to divest assets worth $2.5 billion in return for regulatory approval of their proposed merger, news agencies have reported. This is nearly a...
