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Dow Plans Coatings Polymer Plant in Saudi Arabia

13.07.2017 - Dow Chemical will build a new $100 million plant to produce polymers for coatings and water treatment applications in the PlasChem Park at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The US group also...

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Celgene to Buy into China’s BeiGene

13.07.2017 - US biopharmaceutical company Celgene has agreed to buy a stake in China’s BeiGene and help to develop and commercialize that company’s investigational treatment for tumor cancers...

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FDA Stops US Merck Keytruda Trials

12.07.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on three phase 3 multiple myeloma studies testing US drugmaker Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination...

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Arkema Outlines Forward-looking Goals

12.07.2017 - At a Capital Markets Day in Paris on 11 July, French chemical producer Arkema outlined its forward strategy and announced investment projects for the period up to 2020 and beyond...

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Total Revamps Antwerp Cracker to use Ethane

11.07.2017 - As part of the first phase of a project to upgrade its refining and chemicals platform in Antwerp, Belgium, French energy and petrochemicals group Total has started up a new...

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Lonza Completes Capsugel Acquisition

11.07.2017 - Lonza has gained all regulatory approvals for its proposed acquisition of Capsugel – the biggest buy in its history – and expects to close the transaction imminently, the company...

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Ineos may Produce Oxo Derivatives

10.07.2017 - After acquiring Arkema’s 50% share in the Oxochimie joint venture, Ineos Oxide, a subsidiary of Swiss-based olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos, said it has completed a strategic...

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Germany’s Merck may See EC Fine over Sigma-Aldrich

10.07.2017 - The European Commission (EC) has called out Germany’s Merck KGaA for breach of EU rules in the 2015 acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich. The regulatory body said that during the merger...