Chemical industry – Page 102

Business
BASF to move pigments production to Asia

2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

Firm will cut 650 jobs, close UK plant and expand in China and Korea
Business
Pharma manufacturing woes dog industry

2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

Regulators are stepping up inspections, and discovering ever more problems
Business
Counterfeit anxiety pills seized in Switzerland

2013-10-21T00:00:00Z

1 million fake tablets were en route from China to Egypt
Business
Worker dies in Dow lab fire

2013-10-18T00:00:00Z

Blaze caused by ignition of trimethylindium
Business
Roche backs biologics boom

2013-10-15T00:00:00Z

Swiss firm to invest heavily in manufacturing for complex biological drugs
Business
5000 jobs to be cut at Teva

2013-10-14T00:00:00Z

Generics giant aims to cut costs and reinvest in R&D
Business
Ineos raises axe over Grangemouth petrochemicals

2013-10-14T00:00:00Z

Facility set to close without pension reforms and government help to fund ethane shipping terminal
Business
GSK to apply for malaria vaccine approval

2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

Infection protection drops over time, but the firm will go ahead with regulatory submission
Business
Solvay expands surfactants business with Chemlogics buyout

2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

$1.3bn deal brings firm into booming US oil and gas drilling market
Business
Amid huge cuts, Merck vows research focus

2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

8500 more jobs to be axed, but the drugmaker ‘remains committed to innovation’
Business
Lundbeck cuts jobs in Europe, but expands in US

2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

Depression drug approval fuels US recruitment
Business
Aspen acquires anticoagulant brands

2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

South African drugmaker buys thrombosis drugs from GSK for £700m
Business
Japan confirms Novartis clinical trial data fabrication

2013-10-01T00:00:00Z

Investigation into blood pressure blockbuster continues
Business
Malvern sizes up Nanosight fit

2013-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nanoparticle characterisation firm bought for £15 million
Business
Clariant expands into China

2013-09-30T00:00:00Z

Firm buys pigments arm of Jiangsu Multicolor and will build new plant
Business
Norway abandons full-scale CCS project

2013-09-27T00:00:00Z

Technology development centre will receive extra funding
Business
Algal oil producer steps up supply

2013-09-27T00:00:00Z

Solazyme to provide 10,000 tonnes of tailored oil to Unilever
Business
Nanobody inflammation drug attracts Abbvie

2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

$840m licensing deal shows support for antibody fragments
Business
New respiratory drugs neck and neck

2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

Combination inhalers from GSK and Novartis approved in EU and Japan
Careers
Non-profit pharma

2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Not-for-profit drug discovery is growing into a promising niche employment opportunity within the pharmaceutical industry. James Mitchell Crow investigates