08.12.2015
- Iran National Petrochemical Company (NPC) vice president, Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, has confirmed that the company has been in talks with BASF about a “giant joint investment...
08.12.2015
- US drugmaker Eli Lilly is ending development of its injectable basal insulin peglispro (BIL), a potential treatment for type 1 and type 2 diabetes, to focus on other, more...
07.12.2015
- Just weeks after its spin-off from Bayer, German engineering plastics producer Covestro has announced its first streamlining measure, saying it plans to close its 170,000 t/y MDI...
07.12.2015
- Spotlight Innovation, a venture capital-backed holding company specialized in identifying, acquiring and nurturing companies that have unique intellectual property in the medical...
04.12.2015
- Ineos has completed its purchase of stakes in the UK gas fields of the southern North Sea formerly owned by Germany’s DEA. The platforms, infrastructure and employees taken over by...
04.12.2015
- The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has adopted a resolution urging the EU Commission not to approve the use of glyphosate-tolerant GM maize NK603 x T25 in food...
03.12.2015
- Shell Chemical LP, US arm of the multinational oil and chemicals group, has finalized plans for a new linear alpha olefins (LAO) plant – the fourth at its Geismar, Louisiana...
03.12.2015
- With the planned acquisition of Indian PET producer MicroPET, Thailand-based global market leader Indorama Ventures has hooked up the missing link in its Asian presence, CEO Aloka...
