South Africa’s Sasol has agreed to sell its sodium cyanide business to a local subsidiary of Draslovka Holding, a privately owned Czech-based company, for 1.46 billion...

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has acquired Prothena’s clinical-stage stage antibody PRX004 and broader ATTR amyloidosis program, gaining full global rights to the...

To gain a berth in the sustainable industrial coatings market, Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), a 45% affiliate of Bangkok-based, state-owned energy major PTT, is...

EU competition authorities have approved AstraZeneca’s $39 billion takeover of US biopharma Alexion. Europe’s green light for the deal sealed in December 2020 follows the...

US semiconductor equipment maker MKS Instruments is buying German specialty chemicals and equipment company Atotech for an enterprise value of $6.5 billion in a combined...

Companies outside the drugs and private equity sectors are increasingly striking deals to buy pharmaceutical companies. In one of the latest, cigarette manufacturer...

Celanese has emerged as the buyer of the TPV elastomers business Exxon Mobil put on the sale block earlier this year. The US chemicals and engineering plastics group said...

Global food giant Kerry Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Niacet Corp. from an affiliate of funds advised by private equity firm SK Capital Partners and...