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BASF’s Contaminated TDI Unlikely Health Risk

23.10.2017 - Environmental authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate have criticized BASF’s information policy in the wake of a mid-October incident at the chemical giant’s new...

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Linde Shareholders Slow to Tender in Praxair Merger

20.10.2017 - With less than a week to go before the tender offer for Linde shares ends, at midnight on Oct. 24, acceptance among shareholders for the planned merger with Praxair is still well...

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Pharma Bribes Reportedly Aided iraq Terrorism

19.10.2017 - A lawsuit filed in the US capital of Washington, DC this week alleges that bribes it says were paid by leading drugmakers including Pfizer, Roche, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca...

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Covestro Leads CO2 Feedstock Research Project

19.10.2017 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro is spearheading a European research project to explore the use of carbon dioxide and other waste gases as a new source of raw...

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BASF Force Majeure for two Compostable Resins

19.10.2017 - BASF has declared force majeure for its compostable bioresins ecoflex and ecovio. The declaration follows the discovery of a technical defect in the ecoflex plant at Ludwigshafen...

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Novartis to Close US Generics Unit, Keep Roche Stake

18.10.2017 - As generics pricing pressure increases, Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it will close a US plant at Broomfield, Colorado, owned by its Sandoz subsidiary and employing 450 people. It...

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Bayer Cedes Control of Covestro

09.10.2017 - Through the sale of an additional 6.9% of engineering plastics producer Covestro for €1 billion, Bayer has ceded control of its former group company known earlier as Bayer...

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Ineos Slams Scottish Fracking Ban

05.10.2017 - Ineos has slammed Scotland’s decision to ban fracking, saying it will negatively affect the country’s jobs, energy security and growth. Tom Pickering, operations director at Ineos...