Clariant heads to the Big Apple this week with a fresh selection of ingredient innovations and advanced products to tempt North America’s beauty industry at the New York Society of Cosmetics Chemists Suppliers’ Day 2018. Highlights at Booth #1125 include inspiring market-ready Personal Care products that use consumer-friendly ingredients in innovative ways to deliver the […]
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Lilly takes back cancer drug with AurKa buy
Eli Lilly has unveiled a deal to buy AurKa Pharma, bringing back in-house the experimental cancer drug AK-01. AK-01 has been shown to be highly selective for Aurora A, which is believed to play a crucial role in cellular division by controlling chromosomal segregation and is frequently overexpressed in cancerous tumors. AurKa is currently studying […]
Elsevier/Bayer study findings could reduce animal testing in pharma
A new analysis of safety reporting data by analytics group Elsevier and Bayer has identified animal tests that provide good predictability of human response. The large-scale study, which looked at more than 1.6 million adverse events reported to the regulators in the EU and US, found that some animal tests are far more predictive of […]
SONGWON enters distribution agreement with Bodo Möller Chemie Russia
SONGWON Industrial Co., Ltd. announced yesterday that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Bodo Möller Chemie Russia. Effective from 1st May 2018, Bodo Möller Chemie Russia will exclusively distribute SONGWON’s comprehensive range of polymer stabilizers in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine & Kazakhstan. Based in Moscow, Bodo Möller Chemie Russia is part of the Bodo […]
UK enters race for organ-on-a-chip technology
The Medicines Discovery Catapult, the Centre for Drug Safety Sciences at the University of Liverpool and the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research are working together to propel the UK into the race to advance organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) technology. An OOAC is essentially a multi-channel 3D microfluidic cell culture chip […]
Clariant shows full spectrum of pigments and dispersions at FESPA 2018
Clariant, a leader in specialty chemicals, is taking space at FESPA 2018 in Berlin on May 15-18 to show how its growing range of pigments, dyes and pigment preparations for inks and toners meets developing needs of customers in the print industry. FESPA is Europe’s largest exhibition for the wide-format and graphic print industry. […]
Prolupin’s new financing to boost plant-based growth
After doubling its revenues on a yearly basis since market introduction of its Made with LUVE brand in 2015, plant-based protein company Prolupin has announced the closing of a double-digit financing deal that will enable the German-based company to address the mass market for further growth. Lupine is a traditional protein-rich crop that has been […]
Sicomin obtains approval for bio-based resins
Sicomin says that it has now received the ECOBOARD Project Gold Level qualification for its range of bio-based epoxy resins. The certification applies to Sicomin’s entire GreenPoxy range that now consists of five different resin systems. The ECOBOARD Project is an independent third-party consumer-facing certification program for surfboards, designed and managed by environmental non-profit Sustainable […]
Simpler IUCLID Cloud now available to all REACH registrants
ECHA is opening the IUCLID Cloud for SMEs to all companies registering under REACH. The service was originally designed for SMEs and their consultants to help them in preparing their registration dossiers for the 31 May 2018 deadline by providing a simpler platform. The Agency changed the terms of the service to support future registration […]
Dow opens first coating materials plant in western China
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has officially opened its coating materials plant in western China. The new facility, located in the Cheng Mei Petrochemical Zone, approximately 50km from Chengdu, will produce acrylic emulsion and additives to address the growing needs of the architectural and industrial coating markets. The plant is Dow’s first manufacturing site in […]