Business news – Page 94

Business
BP to pay £4.5 billion for disaster

2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

Company will plead guilty to criminal charges including felony manslaughter
Business
What lies within

2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bayer boss Marijn Dekkers aims to increase impact of good R&D across different internal units
Business
Obama re-election worries chemical industry

2012-11-15T00:00:00Z

A second term could mean more aggressive environmental regulations and an emboldened EPA, chemical industry groups warn
Business
Sherwin-Williams to acquire Comex for $2.3bn

2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

US paints giant expands into Mexico
Business
DSM buys food ingredients firm

2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

$634 million deal for Fortitech will expand ‘value chain presence’
News
Questions remain after huge hydrofluoric acid leak

2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

Korean residents in the affected zone are still afraid to return home six weeks after the disaster that killed five workers
Business
Takeda buys Envoy for $140m

2012-11-07T00:00:00Z

The small US biotech will boost Takeda’s drug discovery efforts
Business
Approval for first gene therapy drug

2012-11-05T00:00:00Z

Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) injections have been approved in Europe
Business
Panel delivers final PFOA report

2012-11-02T00:00:00Z

Probable link between perfluorooctanoic acid, used by DuPont to make fluoro-polymers, and high cholesterol
Business
Novartis biotech plant for Singapore

2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

Firm will invest $500 million in biotech manafacturing
Opinion
High finance meets big pharma?

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Derek Lowe examines an alternative funding model for pharmaceutical research
Business
Chemists contribute to prior art hunt

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

A crowdsourcing website that pays for prior art is gaining popularity – can chemists make money?
Business
More jobs go: Lonza cuts 500

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

A bid to ‘secure the future’ of the site at Visp in Switzerland
Business
Bayer spends $1.2bn on supplement maker

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Schiff nutrition will strengthen Bayer in the US
Business
BP drops $300m US ethanol plans

2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

Company to focus on R&D and licensing existing technology
Business
Patent woes lead to sharp sales losses

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly have all suffered loss of exclusivity for key drugs
Business
Problems for Russian chemicals?

2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Accession to WTO will force government to ditch badly needed subsidies
Business
Chemical giants cut 4000 jobs

2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

DuPont and Dow launch restructuring programmes as sales fall
Business
Bankruptcy for US Li ion battery maker

2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Johnson Controls to buy the automotive business of A123 Systems for $125 million
Business
Pfizer to pay $700m for Ritalin re-formulated

2012-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pfizer to buy a company with a liquid formulation of historic ADHD drug methylphenidate