05.01.2018
- Pershing Square, the hedge fund of US activist investor Bill Ackman, and Canada-based drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals have agreed in principle to pay $290 million to settle two...
05.01.2018
- Specialty pharmaceuticals manufacturer Mallinckrodt has agreed to buy biopharmaceuticals producer Sucampo, including its commercial and development assets. The transaction is...
04.01.2018
- Multiple scientific assessments released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the end of 2017 are said to show that commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics)...
04.01.2018
- US chemicals and plastics producer Celanese is acquiring custom compounder Omni Plastics for an undisclosed sum. The subsidiaries of the Evansville, Indiana-based compounder...
03.01.2018
- UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has expanded its stake in its Saudi subsidiary Glaxo Saudi Arabia Limited (GSAL) by 26% to 75%. With an investment of more than $243 million, the...
03.01.2018
- After two weeks of protest in Israel, generics giant Teva has temporarily taken back about a third of the planned job cuts at its plant in Jerusalem. Original plans called for 340...
03.01.2018
- The Forties Pipeline that carries an estimated 40-45% of liquids output from the UK’s North Sea oilfields to the mainland is expected to return to normal flow rates of some 450,000...
02.01.2018
- Led by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, several non-profit organizations are suing the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for omissions on emissions – more...
