12.01.2016
- In a deal worth around $32 billion, Irish drug maker Shire – headquartered in Dublin but managed from Boston, Massachusetts – has agreed a takeover of US biopharmaceutical company...
11.01.2016
- Sanofi has handed back rights to the inhaled insulin treatment Afrezza to US drug development company MannKind. Sales of Afrezza, which launched in the US in February last year...
11.01.2016
- Four workers were critically injured by an explosion at Dow Chemical’s plant in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA, on Jan. 7. A fifth person was treated at the scene but was not...
07.01.2016
- After nearly two years of negotiations, Brazilian energy company Petrobras has agreed a new five-year naphtha supply contract with petrochemical producer Braskem. Under the terms...
07.01.2016
- Germany’s Merck KGaA and Pfizer of the US are collaborating with US biopharmaceutical company Syndax to evaluate a combination of avelumab and entinostat to treat advanced ovarian...
07.01.2016
- Family owned Dutch logistics company Den Hartogh is to acquire the UK’s Interbulk, creating the world’s third largest provider of logistic services to the chemical industry. The...
07.01.2016
- Bayer has finalized the sale of its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings. The deal, which was previously announced in June last year, was closed on Jan. 5. The...
05.01.2016
- US specialty chemical company Solenis has completed its acquisition of Brazil’s Quimatec Produtos Quimicos and its logistics provider Locatec de Araraquara. Financial details were...
