12.05.2016
- Collaboration between chemical distributors and logistic service providers (LSPs) has become increasingly important in recent years as supply chains become more complex and markets...
09.02.2016
- A record-breaking year in Life Sciences M&A has just ended. And despite the initial turbulence in global stock markets at the start of this year, there is no evidence that the...
05.02.2016
- Major drugs companies Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have become partners in a €210 million life sciences venture capital fund. Both groups will each contribute...
19.11.2015
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has now completed its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich after clearing all anti-trust hurdles. With the integration of the US fine chemicals producer...
07.10.2015
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro and its parent company Bayer successfully placed 62.5 million shares of the former Bayer MaterialScience in the Prime Standard of the...
18.09.2015
- Leading chemical distributor Brenntag has acquired Cargill’s small pack specialty business in food and pharma grade alcohol, aimed at customers in cosmetics, pharmaceutical and...
11.09.2015
- US-based Lubrizol Corporation has acquired Particle Sciences, a compatriot contract drug developer and manufacturer headquartered at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Terms of the...
07.09.2015
- After carving out its engineering plastics sub-group Bayer MaterialScience as Covestro on Sept. 1, Bayer is wasting no time pushing the fledgling company to stand on its own feet...
