Broadlake has sold its majority stake in skin care and self-tanning brand Vita Liberata to US-based Crown Laboratories, with the backing of New York private investment firm Hildred Capital Partners. “We backed an ambitious team in 2012 and over the last five years have supported them during a period of phenomenal growth,” said Broadlake Founder […]
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Bayer inaugurates new greenhouse for insecticide research
Bayer is aiming to consolidate its leading position in the global pest control market. To this end, the company has invested roughly EUR 45 million in the construction of an approximately 11,000 m2 greenhouse at its Monheim site with an adjoining laboratory and office building for insecticide research. “The new building will help us […]
WACKER obtains FDA approval to manufacture drug substance in Retavase
Wacker Biotech will produce the drug substance reteplase, the active ingredient in the drug Retavase, which Italy-based pharmaceutical company Chiesi will market in the USA. The product recently obtained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The medication is used to treat acute myocardial infarction in adults. Wacker Biotech has successfully transferred and […]
Brenntag opens new detergent application lab in Barcelona
Brenntag Cleaning, a leading chemical distributor to the Home Care and Industrial & Institutional industries, announces the opening of its new detergent application laboratory in Barcelona, Spain. The new facility is situated at the Material Science Cluster of the University of Barcelona and offers lab services to Brenntag’s business partners throughout Europe, the Middle East […]
Spectrum to provide BASF catalysts
Spectrum Chemical Manufacturing Corporation has entered into an agreement with BASF Corporation to provide precious-metal-containing powder catalysts to pharmaceutical customers in North America. The agreement will enable customers making next-generation product breakthroughs to speed up commercialization and scale-up production. In today’s marketplace when pharmaceutical researchers discover an innovative ingredient combination they need to scale up […]
Ten dead from Indian chemical explosion
10 workers have now died following an explosion on 3 June, at a chemicals factory in India, reports news agency The Indian Express. Reportedly, more than 70 others were injured. The blast occurred at a facility owned by specialty chemicals and intermediates company Yashashvi Rasayan, in an industrial area located in Dahej, in the Bharuch district of […]