R&D

Boehringer Ingelheim Opens New R&D Center in Basel

NBE Therapeutics (NBE), a wholly owned subsidiary of  Boehringer Ingelheim, officially opened its new ADC R&D facility in Basel.

Wanhua Chemical Opens Barcelona R&D Center

On Wednesday, China’s Wanhua Chemical opened its R&D center in Cornellà de Llobregat near Barcelona, Spain, providing technical support and services to downstream customers in fine chemicals and materials on topics like product performance, application methods, and raw material selection.

Making Lab Automation Actually Work

Manual experiment monitoring and data capture is still the status quo in most biotech and pharma labs, compromising efficiency and project timescales. But there is a better way.

Accelerating Chemicals Innovation

The Spanish computational chemistry start-up Nextmol (Bytelab Solutions), a spin-off from the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that accelerates research and innovation in sustainable specialty chemicals through “in silico” experiments using molecular modeling and artificial intelligence (AI).

Ultragenyx Opens Gene Therapy Manufacturing Plant

US biopharma Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has opened a gene therapy manufacturing facility in Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The company said it is one of the first in the US with complete end-to-end gene therapy capabilities, from R&D through to therapeutic production at scale.

Surfactants: Solving Challenges at Interfaces

From agrochemicals to textiles: the broad range of use of surfactants will be at the center of interest of the 11th World Surfactants Congress, CESIO 2019 in Munich

Siegfried Breaks Ground for Global R&D Center

Swiss-based, globally oriented CDMO Siegfried has broken ground or its new global Research and Development (R&D) Center for Drug Substances at its site in Evionnaz, Switzerland, which the company describes as a “key pillar” in its related network.

Bayer to Spend $1 Billion on US Drug R&D

Bayer is looking to spend $1 billion on drug research and development in the United States during 2023 as part of a plan to double its sales in the country by the end of the decade.

Novo Nordisk Restructures R&D Services in the US

Danish pharma Novo Nordisk is expanding its R&D capabilities in Boston, Massachusetts, US, which will lead to the closure of a facility in Indianapolis and a restructuring of its Seattle operations.

Novozymes and Chr. Hansen to Merge

Danish companies Novozymes and Chr. Hansen have agreed to merge, in a move they termed a perfect match that will create a global leader in biosolutions.

Ashland Expands Viatel Output in Ireland

US chemical producer Ashland is expanding its production and R&D site at the National Science Park in Mullingar, Ireland, which makes its Viatel-branded bioresorbable polymer. The upgrade, begun this summer, is expected to complete in 2024.

Building a Culture of Analytic Excellence

Innovative Chemistry Between Mountains and Lakes

Swiss chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies help drive research around the world, and major players have research activities in the US, Singapore, Japan, as well as EU facilities in the United Kingdom and Germany. But do not underestimate the role of the domestic regional clusters and industrial sites.

CEFIC’s Mid-Century Vision

Made in Switzerland – Exported Worldwide

Catalyzing Growth and Addressing Sustainability Challenges

Injecting Growth and Innovation

Design of Experiments

Biotechnological Production of Rare Functional Sugar

The Pharma CDMO Challenge

Innovation in Pharma Manufacturing

Surfactants: Solving Challenges at Interfaces

Start-ups Accelerate Innovation

Virtually all areas of our lives would be inconceivable without products that come directly or indirectly in contact with chemical production: It affects the modern office environment, our private lives and thus our well-being and life fulfilment including health, leisure and personal protection.

Digital Transformation

A Wide Spectrum of Contract Services

Pharma: Adapting to an Ever-Changing Environment

East or West? East and West!

Jennewein Biotechnologie to Build New R&D Centre

Digitization’s Impact on the Pharmaceutical Industry

Evotec and Sanofi to Link on Infectious Diseases

Haldor Topsoe Forms China R&D jv

Aramco Collaborates on Crude-to-Chemicals

Management Reshuffle at GlaxoSmithKline

Teva Confirms Massive Cost Cuts, Job Losses

Bayer Combines Pharma R&D in one Unit