Imbibe has launched a line of clean-label flavour masking ingredients for food and beverages, called NonSense. Imbibe’s proprietary NonSense technology is a natural flavour that blocks off-notes and suppresses the perception of unwanted taste attributes. NonSense has been specifically designed to address the taste challenges commonly associated with ingredients like natural, non-nutritive sweeteners, proteins, vitamins, […]
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European Immunization Week 2018: Statement from EMA’s Executive Director
European Immunization Week 2018: A Statement from Guido Rasi, Executive Director, European Medicines Agency Vaccines matter for each of us: yearly, they prevent 2.7 million people from contracting measles, one million from getting whooping cough and two million babies from getting tetanus. They eradicated smallpox. They stopped polio, a dreadful disease affecting millions of […]
DSM launches higher-performance matte powder coating technology
Royal DSM, a global science company active in health, nutrition and materials, has today launched a new proprietary Uralac one shot matte (OSM) powder coating HAA system that delivers better reproducibility and enables lower crosslinker levels and curing temperatures than current one shot matte alternatives. The new Uralac OSM powder coating resins are being rolled […]
AMRI renews NIH contract
AMRI has won renewal of a 10-year contract worth up to $39.5 million with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN). This renewal means AMRI will continue to provide the BPN with medicinal chemistry and ADME services focused on advancing drug discovery programs in neurotherapeutics. The original award for this work was […]
AkzoNobel signs agreement with INEOS Nitriles to expand chelates production
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and INEOS Nitriles have signed a long-term co-operation agreement that will allow AkzoNobel to expand its production of biodegradable chelates, used in detergents and other industries, utilizing one of INEOS Nitriles’ chemical products. The move will strengthen AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals’ leadership position in the chelates business, supporting customer growth as well as […]
WuXi AppTec expands US site for drug development testing services
WuXi AppTec is pleased to announce the grand opening of an expanded Laboratory Testing Division (LTD) facility in New Jersey, USA The expansion will double total operation space to more than 115,000 square feet, and will create over 200 jobs. After the expansion, LTD’s combined New Jersey operation will be one of the largest laboratories […]
Flow chemistry improves control of nanoprecipitation
Syrris, a world leader in chemistry product innovation, continues to support pioneering research into nanoparticle drug encapsulation, thanks to its award-winning range of advanced flow chemistry modules. Professor Nicola Tirelli, a senior researcher at the Laboratory of Polymers and Biomaterials at the Italian Institute of Technology, explained: “Controlling the average size of nanoparticles, and the […]
Cambrex offers transparency on environmental, social and governance practices
Cambrex Corporation, a leading manufacturer of small molecule innovator and generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), has announced a commitment to provide its stockholders with additional information regarding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. Cambrex’s commitment to the environment, health and safety underpins activities across its sites. Over approximately the next 18 to 24 months, […]
Syngenta presents Minecto Alpha for horticultural crops
Syngenta has presented a new multiplayer protection technology against the main insects that affect horticultural crops. The product is now available to farmers under the name of Minecto Alpha (cyantraniliprole + acibenzolar-S-methyl + bronopol). The formula could be applied both via foliar and by irrigation, acting systemically to ensure superior control and long-lasting effects […]
Merck sells consumer healthcare unit to P&G
Germany’s Merck is selling its consumer health unit to Procter & Gamble for around for €3.4 billion. Stefan Oschmann, chairman of the executive board and Merck’s chief executive, said the move is a demonstration of the company’s continued commitment to actively shape its portfolio as a leading science and technology company. “Consumer Health is a […]