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Teva Realigns, may Slash 25% of Workforce

04.12.2017 - Kåre Schultz, new chief executive officer of debt-plagued Israeli drugmaker Teva, is moving rapidly to make good on his pledge to improve the company’s financial performance and...

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ExxonMobil signs MoU for Petchems in China

01.12.2017 - ExxonMobil Chemical has signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with authorities in Huizhou, China, to jointly evaluate plans for...

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Akzo Shareholders OK Specialty Chemicals Split

01.12.2017 - By a vote of 99.9%, AkzoNobel shareholders attending the company’s extraordinary general meeting in Amsterdam on Nov. 30 approved the proposed separation of the Specialty Chemicals...

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Uproar in Germany over Glyphosate Vote

30.11.2017 - Germany’s deciding vote in favor of the European Commission’s five-year reprieve for the controversial herbicide chemical glyphosate at the Nov. 27 meeting of the EU’s Standing...

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Toepfer Named new CFO of Covestro

29.11.2017 - Thomas Toepfer has been appointed new chief financial officer of German engineering plastics producer Covestro. On Apr. 1, 2018, the 45-year-old will take over from Patrick Thomas...

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FDA Approves new Two-drug HIV Treatment

29.11.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new two-drug regimen for HIV that reports suggest could shake up the $22 billion market for products to treat the immune...

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EU Extends Glyphosate License for Five Years

28.11.2017 - On its seventh try, the EU’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed at a meeting on Nov. 27 agreed to extend the license of the herbicide chemical glyphosate for five...

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Clariant Moves on from Failed Merger

27.11.2017 - Following a supervisory board meeting and a first face-to-face encounter with activist investor White Tale last week, Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant said it would...