15.01.2018
- Switzerland’s stock exchange SIX is investigating specialty chemicals producer Clariant on grounds it may have breached the market’s ad hoc disclosure requirements when launching...
22.06.2017
- The European Commission has greenlighted the acquisition of Dong Energy’s oil and gas production by Switzerland-based Ineos. The more than $1 billion purchase includes ten gas and...
14.12.2016
- At a special meeting on Dec. 13, shareholders of US agriculture giant group voted nearly unanimously to approve the proposed merger with Germany’s Bayer, assuring themselves of the...
15.12.2015
- AstraZeneca has confirmed speculation that it is “exploring potential strategic options” with Acerta Pharma, a privately owned biotech firm with operations in the Netherlands and...
24.08.2015
- Coatings company PPG Industries has reached an agreement to buy the remaining share in Chemfil Canada, its joint venture with Madinal Enterprises. The transaction is expected to...
24.08.2015
- US specialty drugs company Valeant Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $1 billion in cash, on a debt-free basis, for female sexual heath firm Sprout Pharmaceuticals. Under the terms...
29.07.2015
- Johnson Matthey has agreed to divest its Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals business to Thermo Fisher Scientific for £256 million in cash, subject to typical post-closing adjustments...
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...