05.01.2018
- Pershing Square, the hedge fund of US activist investor Bill Ackman, and Canada-based drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals have agreed in principle to pay $290 million to settle two...
25.11.2017
- The Middle East chemical industry makes good money selling basic chemicals and uses local oil and gas in manufacturing. Hopes are high that the many major investments made by the...
24.11.2017
- As Austria’s second largest sector, the chemical industry is also among its most important. Spending on chemical research and innovation also surpasses that of other sectors. At...
24.11.2017
- With some 600 companies employing around 13,000 people, the plastics and chemicals cluster is one of the state of Brandenburg’s industrial mainstays. There is virtually no other...
08.09.2017
- Danish pharmaceutical producer Novo Nordisk’s US subsidiary is paying nearly $58.7 million to resolve claims that, among other things, it misrepresented a warning by the US Food...
25.08.2017
- Mylan has finalized a $465 million settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) resolving claims relating to its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment. The DoJ’s announcement of...
08.08.2017
- Following all approvals, Dow and DuPont announced late last week that they plan to complete their $130 billion merger on Aug. 31. Almost simultaneously, DuPont said it would pay...
24.11.2014
- Dow Chemical and Third Point, the hedge fund that has been hounding the largest US chemical producer have settled their differences "out of court." The chemical group has now...