Chemical industry – Page 64
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OpinionBooster shot
Zika and Ebola have highlighted the pharmaceutical industry’s ability to respond to critical needs
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BusinessLanxess to buy Chemtura for additives
€2.4 billion deal brings lubricant additives and flame retardants expertise and expands North American operations
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BusinessPfizer scraps plans to split
Previously separated ‘innovative’ and ‘value’ business segments will remain autonomous under Pfizer umbrella
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NewsPharma giants commit to tackling antimicrobial resistance
Plan to tackle superbugs includes changes to manufacturing and sales incentives
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BusinessIneos lands first US shale gas in UK
Massive tankers create a ‘virtual pipeline’ bringing feedstock to replace dwindling domestic supplies
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BusinessUS senators examine agrochem consolidation
Judiciary committee voices concern over pending merger deals
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BusinessAcquisition spree moves Allergan towards innovative drugs
Company acquires five companies in six weeks across three disease areas
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BusinessSanofi sues Merck & Co over biosimilars
Merck challenges insulin patents, but Sanofi claims infringement
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OpinionSlimmer synthesis
Atom economy is a noble aim, but there are other routes to efficient molecule making
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BusinessJ&J to buy Abbott Medical Optics
Deal adds laser surgery and cataract lens replacements to J&J’s eyecare business
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BusinessDanaher boosts diagnostics with Cepheid buyout
$4bn deal strengthens Danaher’s life sciences portfolio
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BusinessFDA’s first Duchenne drug approval reveals schism
Oligonucleotide drug reaches market amid pressure from patient families and strife over ‘patient-focused drug development’ at the regulator
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BusinessFertiliser firms Agrium and PotashCorp to merge
Canadian combination will create one of the largest crop nutrient companies in the world.
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BusinessBayer to buy seed giant Monsanto
$66bn deal follows agrochemical consolidation trend, but could threaten competition and hit R&D
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BusinessAtanor chemical plant in Argentina shuttered
Toxic releases have led to the indefinite closure of the facility after a decade-long legal fight
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BusinessBrexit could push Japanese pharma out of the UK
Warnings that Japanese R&D investment in the UK is endangered by plans to leave the EU
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BusinessSadara cracker eyes richer chemical rewards
Joint venture between Dow and Saudi Aramco will target added value plastics and speciality chemicals
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BusinessHealthcare firms invest in Crispr gene editing technology
Crispr licence agreements open up opportunities in drug discovery
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BusinessNovartis reshuffle puts 120 staff at risk
Commitment to gene and cell therapy treatments emphasised as unit broken up amid pharmaceutical division refocus