28.08.2015
- US pharma company Alvogen has agreed to buy four of Pfizer’s products in the USA. The sale is part of Pfizer’s condition in closing its $17 billion acquisition of Hospira. The...
28.08.2015
- BASF has started its first production of MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) at its new 400,000 t/y plant in Chongqing, China. Production will be ramped up gradually in line with...
27.08.2015
- A court in Indiana, USA, has ruled in Eli Lilly’s favor in a long-running patent battle with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries relating to infringement of the vitamin regimen for its...
27.08.2015
- Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical has chosen Brazil as the location for its first R&D center in Latin America. The Latin America Research Center will be set up during 2016 and be operated...
27.08.2015
- German industrial gases specialist Messer has opened a new plant in China to strengthen its position in the local market and meet increasing demand. Located in the eastern city of...
27.08.2015
- Monsanto has abandoned plans to acquire Syngenta, a merger which would have created an agricultural giant, after the Swiss seeds company rejected its latest bid of Swiss Francs 470...
26.08.2015
- It was surely only a matter of time before leading agrochemicals company Monsanto increased its offer again for Swiss rival Syngenta. The company is reported to have raised its bid...
26.08.2015
- Life sciences and materials sciences company DSM has announced a reorganization plan that will result in the loss of 900-1,100 full time jobs by the end of 2017. Roughly half of...
