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EPA Bars Scientists With Grants from Advisory Panels

08.11.2017 - In one of several controversial moves made by its new administrator, Scott Pruitt, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to bar scientists who receive agency...

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Industry Could Play Bigger Role at EPA

11.05.2017 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fired at least five of the 18 scientists on its Board of Scientific Counselors in a move the agency’s new leadership said was aimed...

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BASF to Begin Plant Science Job Cuts in June

06.05.2016 - In a mass layoff notice filed with the US state of North Carolina, BASF Bioscience Research said it could eliminate as many as 190 jobs at its Research Triangle Park Plant Science...

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EU Approves Merck KGaA’s Takeover of Sigma-Aldrich

15.06.2015 - Germany’s Merck KGaA has won the European Commission’s approval for its planned takeover of US life science company Sigma-Aldrich, subject to certain conditions. The EU green light...

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Merck Appoints Udit Batra to Head Combined Life Science Business

13.04.2015 - Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that Udit Batra, currently CEO and President of Merck Millipore, has been appointed to lead the combined life science business of Merck...