28.10.2013
- Merck Serono, the biopharmaceuticals arm of Germany's Merck KGaA, has agreed an oncology research pact with Polish biotech company Selvita. The aim of the collaboration is to...
24.10.2013
- As part of an ongoing drive to improve the competitive position of its pigment business, BASF plans to close at least one European production plant, at Paisley, Scotland, in 2015...
24.10.2013
- End Of Patent Protection - The global pharmaceutical industry is steering toward the patent cliff: Some of the biggest blockbuster drugs in history - Lipitor, Plavix and Viagra -...
24.10.2013
- Transfomer - It was one of the biggest headlines of 2011 - Ashland Closes ISP Acquisition For $3.2 Billion.When the Kentucky-based specialty chemicals company wrapped up the deal...
22.10.2013
- BASF has raised the 2020 sales target for its crop protection division by about a third. The German chemical group said it now expects to achieve revenues of €8 billion by 2020, up...
22.10.2013
- Europe's medicines regulator has come out fighting for greater transparency for clinical trials, arguing that its controversial policy to end data secrecy will be "a boon to drug...
10.10.2013
- Corporations Get a Push from Plastics - For global material companies such as Styron, R&D departments have become increasingly important to enhance our customers' sustainability...
01.10.2013
- Fixing ailing drugmaker AstraZeneca remains a work in progress for Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, with sales and profits still heading firmly downhill after his first year in the...
