07.02.2017
- Ten years ago, in March 2007, oxo chemicals producer Oxea was established as a buyout led by private-equity firm Advent International of oxo derivatives and oxo intermediates...
07.02.2017
- Belgian chemical group Solvay has acquired DuPont’s Energain lithium-ion high voltage technology for an undisclosed sum. The Brussels-headquartered company said Energain will...
01.02.2017
- Novo Nordisk has announced plans to invest 1 billion Danish kroner ($145 million) over 10 years in a new research center at the University of Oxford, giving a major boost to the UK...
26.01.2017
- BASF has launched what it says is a “range of new solutions” to fight disease, weeds and insects in Indian rice crops, thus boosting the productivity and income of farmers on the...
25.01.2017
- Closing of the $130 billion merger between US chemical majors Dow and DuPont now appears unlikely before late in the 2017 third quarter, DuPont CEO Ed Breen said in a conference...
18.01.2017
- A second chemical-pharmaceuticals company may have won points toward US approval of its mega-merger plans by making promises of research spending and job creation to President...
11.01.2017
- On the rebound from its failed drive to acquire Salix Pharmaceuticals from Canadian drugmaker Valeant in November 2016 – Valeant decided to keep the company – Japanese...
09.01.2017
- Actelion and Johnson & Johnson may be edging closer to a deal that would give the US healthcare giant at least a major chunk of the Swiss biotech firm, according to the Zurich...
