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Pharma

Bayer to Invest $2.2 Billion in New US Pharma Manufacturing Site

Chemistry

BASF and Evonik in Merger Talks - Update

BASF plans to acquire Evonik. Both companies have confirmed that talks are underway. Evonik rejects initial offer.

Predictive Simulation in Pharma Production

Unlocking the Value of Plastic Waste with Pyrolysis Oil

Capillary Electrophoresis in Biotherapeutic Development: Platform Methods, Fragment Workflows, and ADC Characterization

When Every Temperature Change Determines the Process

Safer, Scalable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing with Flow Chemistry

Latest Articles

Topics • Logistics

A Strong Healthcare Network

Yusen Logistics Combines Expertise for Resilient Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Topics • Pharma

Beyond Cost: What Manufacturers Look for in Investment Locations

Since COVID, pharma manufacturers have shifted from lean, centralized supply chains toward regionalized hubs — balancing cost, flexibility, and geopolitical security to build resilience against future economic shocks.

Topics • Strategy

Why Reinvention Matters for the Chemical Industry

Chemical companies face rising volatility, weak demand and structural challenges. AI-powered reinvention can offer a path to faster growth, lower costs and greater competitiveness by transforming how work gets done.

Topics • Innovation

Building India's Global Agrochemicals Platform

Atomgrid is a specialty chemicals platform built on a simple bet: put customer access before manufacturing. The company is scaling a "downstream-first" agrochemicals business towards global category leadership.

Free Virtual Event

CHEManager Spotlight

Batteries and Hydrogen: Competitors or Partners?

17 September 2026 | Reserve your spot to learn where solid-state batteries and green hydrogen are headed—and how leading teams are turning them into scalable energy storage solutions.

Special Issue

Explore the Future of Plastics

Circular Plastics Economy

This special CHEManager issue explores the industry’s pivotal shift towards a more sustainable, circular plastics value chain. Readers will find expert analysis and real-world solutions for today’s most pressing recycling and regulatory challenges.

Expert Insights

Comprehensive Insights into Antibody–Drug Conjugates

ADCs for Precision Cancer Therapy

Explore how antibody-drug conjugates are reshaping precision cancer therapy and discover what it takes to successfully develop, manufacture, and scale these complex biologics.

Books

Innovation Management in Sustainable Chemistry

Gadi Rothenberg

Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain - Interview

Chemical Engineering in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Authors: David J. am Ende (Editor), Mary T. am Ende (Editor)

Analytical Scientists in Pharmaceutical Product Development

Author: Kangping Xiao

Chemical Engineering in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Authors: Mary T. am Ende (Editor), David J. am Ende (Editor)

Practical Sustainability Strategies

Authors: George P. Nassos, Nikos Avlonas

Sustainability Programs: A Design Guide to Achieving Financial, Social, and Environmental Performance

Authors: William Borges, John Grosskopf

Alive and Well at the End of the Day: The Supervisor's Guide to Managing Safety in Operations, 2nd Edition

Author: Paul D. Balmert

Delivering Safety Excellence

Author: Michael M. Williamsen, PhD

In-Space Manufacturing and Resources: Earth and Planetary Exploration Applications

Authors: Volker Hessel (Editor), Jana Stoudemire (Editor), Hideaki Miyamoto (Editor), Ian D. Fisk (Editor)

Molecular Photoswitches

Author: Zbigniew Pianowski, Institute of Organic Chemistry at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Polymorphism in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Solid Form and Drug Development

Author: R. Hilfiker, Solvias AG, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland; M. von Raumer, Idorsia, Allschwil, Switzerland

Industrial Arene Chemistry

Jacques Mortier

Applied Malting and Brewing Science

Authors: Ludwig Narziß, Werner Back, Martina Gastl, Martin Zarnkow

Biotechnology for Zero Waste

Author: Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar / Kadeppagari, Ravi Kumar (Editor)

Natural and Synthetic Waxes

Author: E. J. Krendlinger, Deurex

Events

15October
15.10.2026 - 15.10.2026
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Executive Forum Europe 2026
From Lab to Launch
For life science, biotech, and cleanroom industries.
20October
20.10.2026 - 21.10.2026
Boston, USA

Where external manufacturing partnerships are made
CDMO Live Americas
CDMO Live Americas is the award-winning event where the people who lead development and manufacturing come to find the right partners, connect with peers, and leave with a more resilient outsourcing strategy.
26October
26.10.2026 - 27.10.2026
Berlin, Germany

The Chemical Automation and Digitalisation Congress
AUTOMA Chem 2026
AUTOMA Chem 2026 is all about digital transformation across the chemical value chain—from R&D and process development to manufacturing, logistics, and sustainability. It’s a highly focused B2B platform where chemical producers, CDMOs, EPCs, industrial gas suppliers, biotech companies, and technology developers come together to explore how digital tools, AI, and automation are reshaping the industry.
17November
17.11.2026 - 18.11.2026
Cologne, Germany and online

Driving innovation in plastics recycling and circular solutions
Advanced Recycling Conference 2026
November, 17– 18, 2026 | All you want to know about advanced recycling technologies and renewable chemicals, building-blocks, monomers, and polymers based on recycling.

Interview

Trade and Competitiveness

The UK Chemical Supply Chain

The CBA, led by CEO Tim Doggett, is steering the UK chemical supply chain through trade uncertainty, sustainability pressures and logistics challenges, as he explains in this interview with CHEManager.