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Medivation not Bending to Sanofi Pressure

09.05.2016 - Sanofi is turning up the heat on its acquisition target, US biopharmaceuticals producer Medivation, but the strategy doesn’t seem to be working. Last week, the French drugmaker...

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Evonik Takes Air Products Performance Materials

09.05.2016 - Confirming speculation that surfaced in March, German chemical producer Evonik has announced it will acquire the Specialty & Coating Additives business of US gases producer Air...

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Erik Fyrwald Named Syngenta CEO

09.05.2016 - Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta has named J. Erik Fyrwald, currently president and CEO of US chemical distributor Univar, to head the company from Jun. 1, 2016. Fyrwald succeeds...

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BPA Evaulation Back in EFSA’s Court

06.05.2016 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will reopen its evaluation of the potential effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the immune system in light of fresh scientific evidence...

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BASF to Begin Plant Science Job Cuts in June

06.05.2016 - In a mass layoff notice filed with the US state of North Carolina, BASF Bioscience Research said it could eliminate as many as 190 jobs at its Research Triangle Park Plant Science...

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Brenntag to Buy Korean Distributor Whanee

04.05.2016 - Germany-based global chemical distributor Brenntag has agreed to acquire the South Korean specialty chemicals distributor Whanee Corporation, based in Gwacheon, near Seoul. Closing...

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Millipore Sigma Expands cGMP Capacity

04.05.2016 - MilliporeSigma, the former Merck Millipore, has announced plans to expand its state-of-the-art single-use current good manufacturing process (cGMP) facility with the addition of...

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Drugmakers Find Canine Cancer Candidate

04.05.2016 - An R&D collaboration between Dublin, Ireland-based Nexvet Biopharma, a veterinary biologics developer, and Japanese animal health company Zenoaqa claims to have found fully...