16.01.2017
- Japanese companies Toray Industries and Mitsui Sugar are forming a joint venture to demonstrate the technological feasibility of manufacturing cellulosic sugar from the surplus...
16.01.2017
- UK-based Silence Therapeutics has acquired an 8.4% equity stake in US biotech group Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals to potentially advance progress in novel RNA therapeutics. Silence...
13.01.2017
- Major Latin American chemical distributor GTM Holdings, majority owned by private equity firm Advent International, has agreed to buy Brazilian rival quantiQ from Braskem, creating...
13.01.2017
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant and licensing partner KBR have provided catalysts and technology, respectively, for two major ammonia projects in Indonesia. Further...
12.01.2017
- Dutch renewables group Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light, a US company using waste CO2 to produce chemical, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which effectively...
12.01.2017
- French drugmaker Ipsen has signed a definitive agreement to buy the global oncology assets of US-based Merrimack Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth potentially more than $1 billion...
11.01.2017
- Specialty chemical distributor Azelis is opening an office in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as part of its growth strategy for Africa. As part of its plans, the Luxembourg-headquartered...
11.01.2017
- Major industrial gases group Air Products has confirmed its offer to buy China’s Yingde Gases Group. The US-based company submitted a proposal letter late last month expressing a...
