14.01.2020
- Saudi Aramco completed its initial public offering on Saudia Arabia’s Tadawul stock exchange in December at a valuation matching Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s vision of $2 trillion...
13.01.2020
- A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which found “no statistically significant association” between genital talc use and ovarian cancer...
10.01.2020
- Almirall, a dermatology-focused drugmaker based in Barcelona, Spain, has taken an option to acquire US biotech Bioniz Therapeutics as part of a deal that would give it full global...
10.01.2020
- Ineos Styrolution is planning to build a 600,000 t/y greenfield plant to produce ABS in eastern China. The new facility is to be built adjacent to the polystyrene complex at Ningbo...
09.01.2020
- Avantium Renewable Polymers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dutch renewable chemistry specialist Avantium, has signed a letter of intent to build a 5,000 t/y production facility for...
08.01.2020
- The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an unusual case filed by the state of Arizona against Purdue Pharma’s owner family Sackler. Arizona authorities alleged in a petition that...
08.01.2020
- EU member states are now said close to agreeing on implementing a general tax on non-recyclable plastic waste as one means of filling the €15 billion gap that will be left in the...
07.01.2020
- Following all necessary approvals, BASF has completed the sale of its ultrafiltration membrane business to DuPont’s Safety & Construction division, as announced in September 2019...