13.01.2011
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, a maker of scientific instruments, is pursuing a sale of two lab-testing divisions that may fetch up to $1 billion, Bloomberg said, citing three people...
10.01.2011
- U.S. Chemicals firm DuPont said on Sunday it will buy Danish food ingredients and enzymes firm Danisco for $5.8 billion, in a rare large deal that should boost its position in the...
04.01.2011
- BASF has announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of CRI/Criterion's global styrene catalysts business. As part of this agreement, BASF has acquired CRI...
24.11.2010
- GlaxoSmithKline is getting out of the oral penicillin business in the United States, selling a factory and two key brands to India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Financial terms of...
29.09.2010
- Benelux chemicals companies Akzo Nobel, DSM and Solvay have renewed their focus on emerging markets, setting new targets to offset expected slower growth in mature markets...
19.08.2010
- AstraZeneca plans to sign a second deal with an Indian generic drugmaker -- this time for the supply of injectable drugs -- in a further move to boost its emerging market sales, an...
13.08.2010
- Ashland is looking to sell its chemicals and plastics distribution business and has hired Bank of America to advise on the possible sale, according to several sources familiar with...
04.08.2010
- Pfizer is on the lookout for further acquisitions in the area of emerging markets, established products, inflammatory diseases as well as cancer and alzheimer, German daily...
