25.05.2016
- A proxy fight between US vinyls producer Westlake and rival Axiall, a vinyl building products company, may be averted following Axiall’s stated desire to consider another offer...
25.05.2016
- Swiss flavors and fragrances producer Givaudan is to buy Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings from US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods for $340 million. Spicetec has operations in...
24.05.2016
- US fertilizer company CF Holdings has called off its planned $8 billion merger with Dutch rival OCI, the latest deal to fall foul of new US tax inversion rules. “The Treasury...
24.05.2016
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) cancer drug, Opdivo, to treat classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL). The approval is the eighth for...
24.05.2016
- Rising global demand has spurred BASF to invest an undisclosed sum in extra capacity for its Basonat polyisocyanate hardeners in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The additional output will...
23.05.2016
- Genentech has won an accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for bladder cancer treatment Tecentriq. The immunotherapy has been cleared to treat...
23.05.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant is to develop and scale up catalysts for Gevo’s ethanol-to-olefins (ETO) process technology. The single-step process uses Gevo’s...
20.05.2016
- Arkema is collaborating with HP, the California, US-based computer and printer business, on 3D printing. HP has launched the HP Open Platform where suppliers can qualify new...
