Business news – Page 83

News
Radical drug rule changes hit buffers in India

2014-01-15T00:00:00Z

Oversight panel concludes government plan will increase bureaucracy
Business
Novartis in the spotlight in mis-selling investigations

2014-01-09T00:00:00Z

Crackdown on pharma marketing continues with US and Japanese cases
Business
Deadly explosion at Japanese silicon plant

2014-01-09T00:00:00Z

Five killed and several more injured at Mitsubishi Materials site
Business
Thermo Fisher to sell three analytical divisions to GE Healthcare

2014-01-08T00:00:00Z

Deal will help the firm complete its ongoing takeover of Life Technologies
Business
All hail shale

2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Chemical industry roundup 2013
Business
Weathering the storm

2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pharmaceutical industry roundup 2013
Business
Sanofi suffers multiple sclerosis setback

2014-01-03T00:00:00Z

US drug agency will not approve alemtuzumab
Business
EU chemical agency gives first hazardous substance authorisation

2014-01-03T00:00:00Z

Rolls Royce given first approval to use substance linked to birth defects under controlled conditions
Business
Kemira now water-based after formic acid sale

2013-12-24T00:00:00Z

Business sold to US agrichemical for €140 million
Business
AstraZeneca claims quashed in heartburn drug patent case

2013-12-23T00:00:00Z

Nexium rival does not infringe on patent, court rules
Business
Chinese police seize £222m of fake drugs

2013-12-20T00:00:00Z

1300 people are arrested in a nationwide crackdown on counterfeit medicines
Business
AstraZeneca shells out $4.1bn for diabetes business

2013-12-20T00:00:00Z

Bristol-Myers Squibb exits the diabetes field with plans to become a specialised biopharmaceutical company
Opinion
Cut price pills cost more than pennies

2013-12-19T00:00:00Z

We can’t afford to let the demand for cheaper medicines force compromises on quality, says Steven Ford
Business
Court overturns approval to grow GM potato in Europe

2013-12-19T00:00:00Z

Europe’s second highest court rules that European commission did not follow its own rules when giving Amflora the green light
Business
Honeywell invests $300m in green refrigerant

2013-12-19T00:00:00Z

New manufacturing plant will produce a gas for car air conditioners that has a much lower global warming potential
Business
Lanzatech expands waste-to-chemicals range

2013-12-11T00:00:00Z

Partnership with Evonik will see gas-guzzling microbes make polymer precursors
Business
Dow shakes out chlorine business

2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

Company will divest low-margin segments to improve efficiency and focus on higher value specialities
Business
Merck KGaA snaps up electronic materials specialist

2013-12-05T00:00:00Z

Firm looks to bolster R&D by acquiring AZ Electronic Materials
Business
Nike eliminates water at new Taiwanese dyeing plant

2013-12-04T00:00:00Z

ColorDry process uses supercritical CO₂ to reduce waste and cut costs
Business
Celgene buys into anticancer antibodies

2013-12-04T00:00:00Z

Partners with OncoMed in a deal worth up to $3.3bn