11.07.2016
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro, which has a sideline in coatings raw materials, has expanded production of HDI, an important feedstock for its coatings portfolio, in...
08.07.2016
- Within the course of a week, US-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, renegotiated a deal to acquire rights to a new developmental drug...
08.07.2016
- DuPont has lost another round in a string of pending or completed class action lawsuits involving discharges of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C8) from the US chemical giant’s...
07.07.2016
- Under months of pressure from Sanofi as an acquisition target, Medivation has now agreed to allow the French drugmaker to look at its books. Sanofi announced on Jul. 5 it had...
07.07.2016
- Chemical production in the 28 EU member states shrank by 0.7% year-on-year on average in the first four months of 2016 and thus remained 5.9% below the pre-crisis 2008 level, the...
06.07.2016
- BASF has closed the planned sale of its global polyolefin catalyst business to W. R. Grace, following all approvals. Included in the transaction are technologies, patents...
06.07.2016
- Evonik has agreed to buy the probiotics business of Spanish animal feed ingredients producer Norel for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes the company’s probiotics portfolio as...
06.07.2016
- Amid the discussion over EU member states’ sovereign rights in the aftermath of the UK vote to leave the union (Brexit), the European Commission has decided on a cautious approach...
