Keyword: R&D

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Excellence in Plastics & Chemistry

24.11.2017 - With some 600 companies employing around 13,000 people, the plastics and chemicals cluster is one of the state of Brandenburg’s industrial mainstays. There is virtually no other...

Sites & Services

Germany’s Chemical Industry: Steeled for Competition

24.11.2017 - Germany is known for its rigorous environmental standards, its obsession with renewable energy, and high labor cost. Yet Germany’s chemical industry continues to be number one in...

Markets & Companies

Regaining Competitiveness in the Global Market

24.11.2017 - The European chemical industry is of major importance for economic development and wealth, providing modern products and materials and enabling solutions in virtually all sectors...

News

Sanofi, Principia to Develop MS Candidate

16.11.2017 - French drugmaker Sanofi has signed an agreement to develop Principia Biopharma’s experimental oral treatment that is seen to show promise in treating multiple sclerosis (MS) and...

News

Covestro Leads CO2 Feedstock Research Project

19.10.2017 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro is spearheading a European research project to explore the use of carbon dioxide and other waste gases as a new source of raw...

News

Indorama Takes DuPont Teijin Films

12.10.2017 - World-leading PET producer Indorama Ventures Ltd (IVL) has agreed to buy DuPont Teijin Films (DTF), a major producer of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) and...

News

Merck Gains Rights to KalVista’s Ocular Therapy

12.10.2017 - US drugmaker Merck has agreed to pay KalVista Pharmaceuticals more than $750 million to gain the rights to KVD001, an investigational treatment for diabetic macular edema (DME), as...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Both Positive and Negative Effects

02.10.2017 - Does the consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry affect CROs/CMOs, e.g. does it create a necessity for outsourcing partners to consolidate, too? Simon Edwards: It is somewhat...