STA Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, announces that its partner, Ascletis has received approval from China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) of its Category 1 new drug, Ganovo (also known as Danoprevir or ASC08), to treat viral hepatitis C. The collaboration between WuXi STA and Ascletis began in 2012, and the approval of Ganovo […]
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Clariant supports auto industry with performance, weight reduction & safety
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, turned its Chinaplas 2018 spotlight on innovative, no-VOC masterbatches to support the Chinese automotive industry’s response to progressive new fuel-economy standards and reducing vehicle emissions. As the Greater China market reaches 30 million cars in 2018, automakers and Tier One suppliers are moving towards increasing use of plastics […]
EU publishes new guidance on endocrine disruptors
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have published their guidance on how to identify substances with endocrine disrupting properties in pesticides and biocides. The European Commission tasked EFSA and ECHA with developing harmonized guidance to ensure that the endocrine disruptor criteria adopted by the EU in 2017 are […]
Bayer launches Sivanto Prime for coffee in Brazil
After 15 years of research and investment, Bayer has launched Sivanto Prime 200 SL (flupyradifurone) in Brazil. Sivanto is an insecticide that is effective against the coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera Coffeella). Coffee leaf miner defoliates the coffee plant, and can reduce yields by 30% to 40%. Fabio Maia, Bayer’s marketing manager for fruits and […]
Indigo expands research platform
Indigo is expanding its research platform, which is a collaboration with top growers and agronomic experts to evaluate agricultural technologies over more than 25,000 acres. The platform, called Indigo Research Partners, uses a network of more than 50 of the largest US growers to gather over a trillion data points daily from sensors, drones, weather […]
Univar becomes signatory of UN Global Compact
Univar, a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, announced today that it has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. Through this commitment, Univar further aligns its sustainability strategy with the ten UNGC principles around environmental, labor, human rights and anti-corruption issues. […]
WuXi AppTec invests in artificial intelligence company
Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence company specialized in the application of learning for target identification, drug discovery and aging research, has completed a strategic round of funding led by WuXi AppTec’s Corporate Venture Fund. The strategic investment was conditional upon the successful experimental validation of Insilico Medicine’s Generative Adversarial Networks and Reinforcement Learning-based drug discovery […]
Celltrion launches biologics CDMO business
Celltrion has launched its Bio CDMO business in a bid to pursue open innovation for the development of new drugs. Its operations will focus on the outsourcing of biologic cell line development and production process, and the manufacture and outsourcing of non-clinical, clinical and commercialized material. Celltrion’s CDMO business aims to collaborate and partner with […]
Recipharm acquires Sanofi’s UK CMO facility
Recipharm has acquired Sanofi’s manufacturing centre and business in Holmes Chapel, UK, expanding its capabilities in the growing respiratory drug market with commercial drug product manufacturing. Recipharm also has an inhalation development facility in the US. The Holmes Chapel manufacturing facility is located close to Manchester (UK) and serves several clients from the facility and […]
DSM launches benzoate-free cheese ripening enzyme for clean-label dairy
DSM has launched Accelerzyme CPG, a new enzyme for accelerated cheese ripening that is benzoate-free. DSM’s core portfolio of cheese enzymes – including Maxiren XDS and Fromase – is now completely benzoate-free, allowing cheesemakers to respond to growing consumer demand for dairy products with a clean label. Accelerzyme CPG is a unique carboxypeptidase cheese ripening […]