Keyword: R&D

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Parexel International Taken by Pamplona

22.06.2017 - US drug development company Parexel International is being acquired by private equity group Pamplona Capital Management in a deal valued at approximately $5 billion, including debt...

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Topsoe Sells DeNox Assets to Umicore

21.06.2017 - Danish catalysis and process technology company Haldor Topsoe has sold its automotive and stationary DeNox operations to Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore...

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Sumitomo and BASF to develop new Fungicide

16.06.2017 - Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical and Germany’s BASF have joined forces to develop a novel fungicidal compound discovered by the Japanese partner and said to demonstrate “high efficacy” in...

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Linde and Praxair Boards Approve Merger

04.06.2017 - The boards of Linde and Praxair have voted in favor of a merger that will create an industrial gases giant worth around $70 billion, overtaking main rival Air Liquide. The deal...

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Merck Takes Antibody License from Teijin

31.05.2017 - US drugmaker Merck has bought an exclusive global licence from Japan’s Teijin Pharma to develop, manufacture and commercialize an investigational preclinical antibody candidate...

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PPG Sells Fiberglass Operations to NEG

29.05.2017 - US coatings giant PPG has agreed to sell the last of its fiberglass operations to Japanese glass manufacturer Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) for an undisclosed sum. PPG’s remaining...

Markets & Companies

Meeting Customers’ Changing Needs

24.05.2017 - Johnson Matthey, which was founded in London in 1817, is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. Through the constant application of new ideas and new processes, the company...

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Biogen Licenses Remedy’s Stroke Drug

19.05.2017 - Biogen has licensed a late-stage stroke drug from Remedy Pharmaceuticals. The US biotech will make an upfront payment of $120 million for Cirara (intravenous glyburide), as well as...