Solvay doubles H2O2 output
05-Feb-2004 - Solvay has doubled the output of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) at its Solvay Interox industrial pilot...
Sandoz launches into cell culture synthesis
04-Feb-2004 - Novartis' generic drugs subsidiary Sandoz has opened two new manufacturing plants in Austria and Slovenia...
Solutia Europe safe from US woes
04-Feb-2004 - The European arm of international chemicals company Solutia has completed a restructuring of its finances...
Akzo comes in low but above targets in 03
03-Feb-2004 - Pharmaceutical, chemical and coatings company Akzo Nobel reported a 9 per cent slide in net...
Inulin could be new protein stabiliser
03-Feb-2004 - The widely used food ingredient inulin could be a more effective alternative to established excipients...
Aventis buys time for Rhodia sale
02-Feb-2004 - Aventis could hang on to its 15 per cent stake in chemicals company Rhodia under...
Lonza and Cytos link up for rapid protein supply
02-Feb-2004 - Switzerland's Lonza has negotiated exclusive rights to an expression system, used in the manufacture of...
Excipients industry faces bioterrorism law deadline
02-Feb-2004 - Manufacturers of pharmaceutical excipients that are imported into the US must step up their compliance...
Dow swings to profit as revenues surge
30-Jan-2004 - Dow said that increased demand for its products lifted fourth-quarter sales by 20 per cent...
Chr Hansen sales pegged back by dollar
30-Jan-2004 - Danish company Chr Hansen saw its revenues slip 4 per cent in its first quarter,...
Algry planning pharma charge
30-Jan-2004 - Spanish manufacturer of choline salts Algry Quimica has signed several new research agreements to develop...
Euro chemicals gathers momentum
30-Jan-2004 - UK chemical sector growth, including pharmaceuticals, is forecast at 3.6 per cent for 2004, outperforming...
Monsanto strikes back in Solutia dispute
28-Jan-2004 - Monsanto and Pfizer's Pharmacia subsidiary have asked a federal judge to either deny or postpone...
Tetrionics ramps up potent API business
28-Jan-2004 - Active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer Tetrionics is planning to double the capacity at a facility in...
UK chemicals body gears up for REACH
27-Jan-2004 - The Chemical Industries Association in the UK has unveiled plans to develop a database of...
New team in chiral alcohols
26-Jan-2004 - Germany's Wacker Specialties has signed an R&D agreement with Finland's Prokaria to bolster its activities...
APIs prop up Bachem in 2003
26-Jan-2004 - Switzerland's Bachem saw its 2003 sales slip by 3 per cent as continued slack demand...
India set to dominate generic API market?
26-Jan-2004 - Last year, pharmaceutical companies from India submitted a third of all the Drug Master Files...
Better yields for bioproducts
21-Jan-2004 - Dowpharma has developed new strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens that can be used to...
Clariant aims at preformulation
21-Jan-2004 - Clariant has invested in a microfluidisation capability that will allow it to manufacture high performance...
Girindus posts first profit since IPO
21-Jan-2004 - German contract ingredient manufacturer Girindus posted its first profit since it was floated on the...
Interest relief helps Solutia struggle on
19-Jan-2004 - Chemicals and drug development company Solutia - forced to file for bankruptcy in the US...
French firms partner on biocatalysis
19-Jan-2004 - LibraGen, a company specialising in the development of new enzymes to improve manufacturing processes in...
Another biocatalyst alliance for Diversa
16-Jan-2004 - Diversa has forged a new alliance for the discovery of bioacatalysts used for the manufacture...
Aprotinin from plants could end supply shortage
13-Jan-2004 - Large Scale Biology Corp has solved the problem of supplying large quantities of aprotinin -...
