05.08.2019
- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to block Germany-based Evonik’s acquisition of US rival Peroxychem from One Equity Partners, saying that it would lead to higher...
05.08.2019
- Just days after sealing two deals in Africa, Brenntag is acquiring two more companies – another in South Africa and one in Taiwan. Headquartered in Johannesburg, Chemgrit Cosmetics...
02.08.2019
- With the transfer of Evonik’s methacrylates business to private equity investor Advent International, Röhm, one of the world’s leading producers of methyl methacrylate (MMA)...
01.08.2019
- Arkema is to acquire UK specialty chemicals company Lambson for an undisclosed sum. The privately owned company, headquartered in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, specializes in...
18.07.2019
- Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim has purchased AMAL Therapeutics for an undisclosed sum. AMAL is a private Swiss biotech that is focused on cancer immunotherapy and vaccines derived...
05.03.2019
- French drugmaker Ipsen has agreed to buy Canada’s Clementia Pharmaceuticals, boosting its rare disease portfolio. Ipsen will pay $1.04 billion for the clinical-stage biotechnology...
06.02.2019
- The chemical industry is a highly international sector with activity dominated by cross border transactions. Chinese and other Asian firms have been particularly busy expanding...
05.02.2019
- The proposed $74 billion takeover of US biotech Celgene by compatriot BristolMyers Squibb (BMS), announced last month, may be looking somewhat shaky. Analysts and investors up to...
