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EU Chemical Output Down 2% in 2014, CEFIC says

16.04.2015 - European chemical production rose 0.2% in 2014, the chemical industry federation CEFIC said in its just-published Chemicals Trends Report. By contrast, sales fell 1% year-on-year...

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Merck Appoints Udit Batra to Head Combined Life Science Business

13.04.2015 - Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that Udit Batra, currently CEO and President of Merck Millipore, has been appointed to lead the combined life science business of Merck...

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Mylan Makes $29 Billion Bid for Perrigo

12.04.2015 - Generic drugmaker Mylan has made an offer of $ $28.86 billion in stock and cash to acquire rival Perrigo. A merger of the two major players would create a leader in specialty drugs...

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Takeda Said Offering $2.2 Billion to Settle Actos Lawsuits

12.04.2015 - Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda has offered more than $2.2 billion to settle thousands of US lawsuits over the diabetes drug Actos, the news agency Bloomberg reports. The...

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Ineos' Ratcliffe Suing Former Partner MacLean

12.04.2015 - A feud between Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe and former business partner Calum MacLean has taken a dramatic turn, with Ratcliffe now suing his Ineos co-founder and former righthand...