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Clariant Opens Leather Excellence Center in India

05.07.2013 - Clariant opened its new Leather Excellence Center in Ranipet, Chennai today. The Swiss-based specialty chemicals company has two Indian production sites, both located in the...

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India's Sun Pharma in Talks to Buy Sweden's Meda for $5-$6 Billion

01.06.2013 - India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is in talks to buy Sweden's Meda for between $5 billion and $6 billion to boost its generics business in developed markets, two sources with...

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Drugmakers Face More Scrutiny of Discordant U.S. Prices

11.05.2013 - The world's biggest drug makers have for years enjoyed rich premiums for their medicines in the U.S. market. Those days may be coming to an end. Companies like Pfizer and...

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India Regulators Pull J&J Plant License on Baby Powder Concerns

04.05.2013 - Health officials in India have revoked Johnson & Johnson's license to make cosmetics at a plant outside Mumbai after they discovered the company had used an unauthorized process...

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Unilever to Raise Stake in Indian Unit in $5.4 Billion Offer

30.04.2013 - Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever will pay as much as $5.4 billion to raise its stake in its Indian unit, Hindustan Unilever, to up to 75% in a bet on fast-growing spending...

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South Africa Seeks to Close Drug Patent Loophole

22.04.2013 - South Africa plans to overhaul its intellectual property laws to improve access to cheaper medicines by making it harder for pharmaceutical firms to register and roll-over patents...

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Arkema Partners with Jayant Agro in India

11.04.2013 - Arkema and Jayant Agro have signed a joint venture agreement whereby Arkema will acquire a stake of some 25% in Ihsedu Agrochem, a subsidiary of Jayant Agro, specializing in the...

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Linde to Build Plant Complex for Reliance in India

09.04.2013 - Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a major contract by Reliance Industries (RIL) to build several plants to generate and purify gases in Jamnagar, India. Part of...