All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 9
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BusinessExplosion at BASF kills at least two
Six workers injured and a further two missing in Ludwigshafen, Germany
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BusinessChemical activity on demand
Aqdot controls the release of encapsulated cargoes using supramolecular chemistry
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OpinionBooster shot
Zika and Ebola have highlighted the pharmaceutical industry’s ability to respond to critical needs
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BusinessIneos lands first US shale gas in UK
Massive tankers create a ‘virtual pipeline’ bringing feedstock to replace dwindling domestic supplies
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BusinessJ&J to buy Abbott Medical Optics
Deal adds laser surgery and cataract lens replacements to J&J’s eyecare business
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BusinessDanaher boosts diagnostics with Cepheid buyout
$4bn deal strengthens Danaher’s life sciences portfolio
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BusinessJoined-up thinking
The rift between contract medicinal chemistry and chemical development needs to be bridged
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BusinessPfizer to buy Astrazeneca’s antibiotics
Deal tops up Pfizer’s late-stage development pipeline, but AZ will retain biological programmes
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OpinionHow do companies deal with political shifts?
Political instability hits small companies hardest
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BusinessJob cuts at Takeda, Boehringer and Arena
Hundreds of positions eliminated as companies re-evaluate R&D
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BusinessFibrant to quit US operations
Caprolactam supplier will shed hundreds of jobs, while operations in Europe and China continue
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BusinessArkema boosts Bostik adhesives
New adhesives plant in Sweden and acquisition of Dutch firm Den Braven
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BusinessCelgene and Jounce team up against cancer
Firms promise next-generation immuno-oncology as existing drugs rack up successes
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OpinionTime for better incentives to keep drug costs low
Getting outraged at drug price hikes is all very well, but we need more constructive options
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BusinessHenkel to buy detergent maker Sun Products
€3.2bn deal boosts Henkel’s position in North American laundry care market
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BusinessAstraZeneca licenses skin drugs to Leo
Offloading psoriasis and dermatitis antibodies continues AZ’s plan to refocus on fewer therapy areas
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BusinessNovartis partners with Xencor for cancer antibodies
Deal deepens Novartis’s focus on immuno-oncology
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Business
Teva sells off products in preparation for Allergan merger
Generics deals with Impax, Dr Reddy’s and Sagent aimed at satisfying competition authorities