21.06.2011

In Conversation with Dr. Heinz Sieger, CEO of CU Chemie Uetikon

CU Chemie Uetikon CEO Heinz Sieger spoke to CHEManager Europe Editor Brandi Schuster about what his customers are looking for when it comes to custom synthesis. Sieger is also active in industry groups such as the CASID, a society for custom synthesis in Germany, and the European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG), which works to create a level playing field for European manufacturers of APIs and excipients. more13.04.2011

SOCMA Gives Smaller Chemical Companies a Voice

As anyone who has ever tried to shout at a player during a soccer game surely knows, it's almost impossible to for a relatively small voice to be heard in the middle of a crowd - no matter how good the tactical advice coming from the stands might be. Looking at the chemical industry, between all of the large multinationals are a considerable number of small- and mid-sized companies, often times owned by families or private equity firms. more24.02.2011

EFCG and APIC Welcome Adoption of New Falsified Medicines Directive

The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee (APIC) and the European Fine Chemicals Group (EFGC) welcome the overwhelming support given on February 16 by the European Parliament for the Falsified Medicines Directive. more10.12.2010

Intensive Cooperation

Wake-up Call - Infant formula laced with melamine, heparin tainted with oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, cough syrup contaminated with diethylene glycol - these scandals didn't just cause outrage among consumers over the recent years. They have also served as a wake-up call for both suppliers and manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry and have made apparent the need for companies on both sides to work together to exchange information.
more28.05.2010

Time For Action

The German advertising tagline "greed is good" is now outmoded as a basic principle of purchasing. A low purchase price does not mean that a product is actually inexpensive. Therefore the saying, "Those who buy cheap buy twice" often applies. As it would seem, this commonplace insight for consumer goods also applies in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Quality obviously does not always correlate with price. more