13.02.2014
- Reckitt Benckiser has said the strategic review of its pharmaceuticals business is still in progress and it will update investors over the course of 2014. In October 2013, the...
10.02.2014
- U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co has said it will pay $100 million to resolve all U.S. product liability lawsuits alleging it downplayed serious health risks involving its NuvaRing...
07.02.2014
- Despite the recommendations of the company's board that they accept Merck KGaA's 403.5 pence per share offer, shareholders of British electronic chemicals specialist AZ Electronic...
27.01.2014
- German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA has extended the takeover offer for AZ Electronics after acceptance of its £1.6 billion (about €200 million) cash bid fell...
27.01.2014
- In a surprise move late on Jan. 26, German chemicals, plastics and rubber producer Lanxess announced the resignation of Axel Heitmann, its chief executive since the company's split...
17.01.2014
- In a transaction due to close in the next few months, Darmstadt, Germany-based pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck KGaA has agreed to sell its DDS bioanalytics division to...
30.12.2013
- Germany's chemical industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) has warned that the country's government must take seriously plans by the European Union (EU) to...
23.12.2013
- In its $2.6 billion bid to acquire AZ Electronic materials, Germany's Merck KGaA posted the offer document to AZ shareholders on Dec. 20. The document contains the full terms and...
