13.03.2020
- Despite a better than expected fourth quarter 2019, the German chemical industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) has revised its outlook for 2020 slightly...
12.03.2020
- Due to the increasing threat posed by the coronavirus COVID-19, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided – after “careful consideration” – to postpone inspections of...
11.03.2020
- German drugs and agrochemicals giant Bayer has encountered a new backlash in the US, albeit on a minuscule scale compared to the ongoing challenges over whether Roundup causes...
11.03.2020
- Under a provision granted by its supervisory board at the May 2019 annual general meeting, German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is preparing to buy back outstanding shares...
10.03.2020
- US laboratory equipment manufacturer Thermo Fisher Scientific is acquiring Netherlands-based Qiagen, a global provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies...
09.03.2020
- Following up a Memorandum of Understanding signed in September 2019, LyondellBasell has now signed a definitive agreement with Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group (Bora) to establish a...
09.03.2020
- Arkema CEO Thierry Le Hénaff has reshuffled the French chemical producer’s executive committee, with an eye to a broader and more diversified representation of the business lines...
06.03.2020
- India, the world's largest supplier of generic medicines, has restricted exports of 26 active ingredients and the drugs made from them due to the corona virus outbreak. The news...