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GSK to Buy Novartis’ Share in Consumer JV

28.03.2018 - In a move that may explain why GlaxoSmithKline last week turned thumbs down on bidding for Pfizer’s consumer drugs business, the UK’s largest drugmaker has announced plans to buy...

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AkzoNobel Sells Specialty Chemicals to Carlyle

27.03.2018 - AkzoNobel has sold its Specialty Chemicals business to private equity investor Carlyle in partnership with GIC, the largest of Singapore’s sovereign wealth funds, for an enterprise...

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Covestro Sells US PC Sheet to Plaskolite

26.03.2018 - As part of an overall plan to divest its global polycarbonate sheet business, German engineering plastics producer Covestro has announced it will sell the US business, based in...

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Brussels Region Challenges EU Glyphosate Vote

25.03.2018 - The government of Belgium’s Brussels region has lodged a complaint against the European Commission in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over its decision late last year to...

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Pfizer Left Holding Consumer Health Bag

25.03.2018 - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said it is continuing to weigh “strategical alternatives” for its consumer healthcare arm after the two perceived prime candidates to take over the...

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GSK Sees £70 million Short-term Brexit Cost

23.03.2018 - Britain’s largest pharmaceutical producer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has estimated that its costs related to Brexit, the country’s leaving the EU, could run as high as £70 million over...

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US Clears LyondellBasell’s A. Schulman Buy

22.03.2018 - Petrochemicals giant LyondellBasell has received the go-ahead from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to acquire A. Schulman, a manufacturer of high-performance plastic...

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Songwon Produces Functional Monomers in Ulsan

22.03.2018 - Korea-based chemical producer Songwon has begun bulk manufacture of functional monomers at Ulsan and said it can now supply medium volumes of specialized monomers at competitive...