AstraZeneca has resolved manufacturing issues at its manufacturing facility in Coppell, Texas for its investigational drug, ZS-9 (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate), a drug for treating hyperkalemia (high potassium levels in the blood serum). The company expects a regulatory decision for approval in 2018. AstraZeneca projected global peak year sales of ZS-9 to exceed $1 billion after […]
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Indena opens kilo lab for highly potent APIs
Indena, a Milan, Italy-headquartered contract manufacturing organization for the identification, development, and production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) derived from plants, has opened a new kilo lab for highly potent APIs (HPAPIs), including natural, semisynthetic, and totally synthetic compounds. The new kilo lab is designed to handle the production of toxic substances with an occupational […]
ELIX Polymers use Roctool’s Heat and Cool technology to optimize novel ABS/PC blend
ELIX Polymers, a leading producer of ABS polymers and blends, says important improvements to surface finish are being made by using Roctool’s Heat and Cool technology to mould its ELIX Ultra HH4115HI ABS/polycarbonate blend. The company recently completed a series of tests using this technology, carried out in line with its strategy of providing tailor-made […]
Arkema to produce polyamide 12 in China mid-2020
To complement its major project in the bio-based polyamide 11, Arkema announces a 25% expansion in its global polyamide 12 polymers production capacities to support its customers’ strong demand in Asia. Arkema will invest to increase by 25% its capacity of polyamide 12 polymers, commercialized under the trademark Rilsamid. This new capacity will be added […]
Johnson Matthey in exclusive agreement with GreenCentre Canada for Gusev Ester Hydrogenation Catalysts
Johnson Matthey, a global leader in science that enables cleaner air, improved health and more efficient use of natural resources, has announced the successful scale-up and commercial availability of a novel Gusev catalyst for ester hydrogenation. Using licensed technology developed by GreenCentre Canada, the catalyst combines high activity with high chemoselectivity that could revolutionise industrial […]
Acrylamide reduction: Orkla and Renaissance BioScience expand yeast partnership
Orkla Food Ingredients and Renaissance BioScience Corp have agreed to expand their license agreement for Orkla to exclusively manufacture and sell Renaissance’s acrylamide-reducing yeast, Acrylow, to food manufacturers in additional new markets in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The agreement builds on the initial exclusive agreement implemented in Q317 that covered the Nordic and […]
BASF increases footprint in Ivory Coast
BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, established a new legal entity in Ivory Coast, located in Abidjan. BASF has been present in Africa for many years with a presence in Morocco and other countries of the Maghreb for over 60 years, as well as in South Africa, where BASF has a big footprint since 50 […]
Charles River Laboratories to acquire MPI Research
Charles River Laboratories International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MPI Research for approximately $800 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. MPI is a premier non-clinical contract research organization (CRO) providing comprehensive testing services to biopharmaceutical and medical device companies worldwide. Acquiring MPI will enhance Charles River’s position as a leading […]
New sustainable method could advance plastics and pharmaceuticals
A team of chemical engineers at The University of Texas has developed a new, cost-effective method for synthetically producing a biorenewable platform chemical called triacetic acid lactone (TAL) that can be used to produce innovative new drugs and sustainable plastics on an industrial scale.1 Led by Hal Alper, professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical […]
Royal DSM appoints new president for Personal Care & Aromas
Royal DSM has appointed Gareth Barker as president DSM Personal Care & Aroma Ingredients. Dr Gareth Barker, a British national with a doctorate from Oxford University, UK, joined Roche/DSM in 1993. From then until 2012 he held a variety of commercial and marketing positions in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Costa Rica. Since October 2012 […]