Leading pharmaceutical outsourcing services provider PCI Pharma Services (PCI) has announced its intent to acquire Australia-based Pharmaceutical Packaging Professionals (PPP). The acquisition of PPP, a leading provider of clinical trial manufacturing, packaging, storage and distribution services, establishes a presence for PCI in Australia, viewed as pivotal to continued growth and expansion in the Asia Pacific […]
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Syngenta completes acquisition of Nidera Seeds
Syngenta announced has completed the acquisition of Nidera Seeds from COFCO International. Nidera Seeds is an important player in the South American seeds market, diversified across crops, with a pool of proprietary germplasm and a relevant presence in key South American countries including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. These capabilities will enhance Syngenta’s ability to […]
DowDuPont opens California Innovation Center
The Agriculture Division of DowDuPont has announced its opening of the Bay Area Innovation Center in California. The site features a research and development facility that will focus on biotechnology discovery, enabling technology development and informatics. Consisting of 60,000 square feet of laboratories, 13,000 square feet of greenhouses, and 25,000 square feet of office […]
RPC Bramlage supplies AirFree packaging for Ducray’s emollient
RPC Bramlage has supplied AirFree airless packs for Laboratoires Ducray’s Dexyane anti-scratching emollient. The French dermatological specialist is using the patented AirFree Vega bag-in-bottle and Ecosolution airless pump for Dexyane balm. The AirFree Vega comprises a co-extruded airless bottle incorporating a multilayer pouch with EVOH barrier protection, produced in a single stage process, which keeps […]
Delmar to invest $46 million in API manufacturing plant
Delmar Chemicals, a LaSalle, Quebec-headquartered manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), pharmaceutical intermediates, and other organic fine chemicals, plans to invest $45.8 million to increase production capacity of its LaSalle API plant to make it a Center of Excellence of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. The investment will create 25 jobs and consolidate 29. The project involves […]
Novo Nordisk invests $65 million in finished-products manufacturing plant
Novo Nordisk plans to invest $65 million to expand its finished-products manufacturing facility at its Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina campus. This is the company’s third expansion at the site since 2010. The expansion comes less than two years after the company broke ground on a $2-billion facility nearby that is expected to produce active […]
J&J and Theravance Biopharma in deal worth up to $1 billion
Janssen Biotech, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, has formed a global co-development and commercialization pact with Theravance Biopharma, a South San Francisco, California-headquartered biopharmaceutical company, for a Phase II compound (TD-1473) and related back-up compounds from Theravance for treating inflammatory intestinal diseases, in a deal worth up to $1 billion. Under […]
LANXESS acquires Solvay’s phosphorus additive business
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has successfully completed the purchase of the phosphorus chemicals business from Belgian chemicals group Solvay including its US production site in Charleston, South Carolina. All relevant antitrust authorities have cleared the transaction. LANXESS and Solvay agreed the purchase in mid-November 2017. The site in Charleston includes six production plants, where roughly […]
Nufarm completes acquisition of FMC herbicides in Europe
Nufarm has completed the acquisition of a European herbicide product portfolio from FMC Corporation. The proposed acquisition was announced back in Novermber 2017. The company’s program of work to integrate the portfolio into its European product suite is well advanced. In the first full year of Nufarm ownership (FY2019), the portfolio is expected to generate […]
Cosmetics Cluster UK supporting CIA and the DIT at in-Cosmetics 2018
The Department of International Trade (DIT) are pleased to announce that they will be hosting a UK Pavillion at In-Cosmetics in Amsterdam – 17-19th April 2018. In-Cosmetics is the leading platform for personal care ingredients and brings together the worlds leading suppliers, formulators, R&D and marketing specialists. The DIT and the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) […]