09.03.2017
- DSM Nutritional Products and Evonik Nutrition & Care, subsidiaries of the well-known Dutch and German chemical producers, have announced they will establish a 50:50 joint venture...
28.05.2013
- AstraZeneca is to buy Omthera Pharmaceuticals for as much as $443 million to build up its cardiovascular drug business, a priority area for Britain's second-biggest drugmaker. The...
31.01.2013
- BASF has completed the acquisition of Pronova BioPharma, which closed today with the payment of the offer price to Pronova shareholders. At the same time, the tendered shares were...
21.01.2013
- BASF won over enough Pronova shareholders with its sweetened takeover offer to secure full control of the Norwegian fish-oils maker. The German chemicals giant said on Monday it...
16.01.2013
- BASF's attempt to boost its nutrition business is set to go down to the wire as some investors in target Pronova rebuff the chemical group's offer ahead of a Friday deadline to...
30.05.2012
- Norway's Pronova BioPharma , which supplies the omega-3 heart medicine Lovaza to GlaxoSmithKline, has defeated a U.S. patent challenge from two generics companies. The victory over...