08.03.2017
- ChemChina confirmed on Mar. 6 that the government in Beijing has accepted its application for regulatory approval of the company’s planned $43 billion takeover of Swiss...
02.03.2017
- German chemical and life sciences major Bayer said it successfully placed a 10.9% stake in engineering plastics producer Covestro with institutional investors on Mar. 1. The...
01.03.2017
- As it seeks to free funds for its planned $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer is in the process of reducing its remaining stake in engineering plastics producer Covestro...
23.02.2017
- The first of the three mega mergers affecting mainly the global agrochemicals sector, the $130 billion link-up of Dow Chemical and DuPont, could win EU approval soon, the news...
31.01.2017
- US company Barr Laboratories, a subsidiary of Israeli drugmaker Teva, has reached a $225 million settlement in an antitrust class action that accused Teva of keeping a generic...
18.01.2017
- A second chemical-pharmaceuticals company may have won points toward US approval of its mega-merger plans by making promises of research spending and job creation to President...
10.01.2017
- Following a Jan. 9 meeting between would-be merger partners Dow Chemical and DuPont, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the outcome of the regulatory authority’s...
14.12.2016
- At a special meeting on Dec. 13, shareholders of US agriculture giant group voted nearly unanimously to approve the proposed merger with Germany’s Bayer, assuring themselves of the...
