16.04.2020
- LyondellBasell (LYB) could restart its fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) on the Houston Ship Channel as soon as today, the Bloomberg news agency has reported. The Netherlands...
15.04.2020
- Due to the coronavirus crisis, Ineos has postponed the planned annual maintenance shutdown of its UK North Sea Forties Pipeline for almost a year, to assure its chemical feedstock...
15.04.2020
- Two leading European drugmakers, France’s Sanofi and Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) have signed a letter of intent to develop an adjuvanted vaccine for COVID-19, exploiting advanced...
14.04.2020
- Through a combination of equity and debt, private equity giant Blackstone will invest up to $2 billion in Cambridge, Massachusetts-based US biotech Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. The...
09.04.2020
- US President Donald Trump’s relentless promotion of the 86-year-old generic drug hydroxychloroquine, used successfully to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, as an...
08.04.2020
- In early March, the Indian government asserted that the coronavirus epidemic in China was affecting its supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), on which it relies for...
07.04.2020
- In one of the latest collaborations between big pharma and biotechs to find a vaccine for COVID-19, GlaxoSmithKline is teaming up again with China’s Xiamen Innovax Biotech to look...
07.04.2020
- Lanxess’ managing board has decided to indefinitely suspend its planned share buyback program announced on Mar. 10, in view of the coronavirus crisis. The program launched on March...
