VCI calls for digital support

5 March 2020 - 0
The VCI has issued a three-point wish-list for how the public policy framework can help to shape the forthcoming digital transformation of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, so that they can better position themselves to be part of the process.
Ineos Cologne

Nouryon, Ineos break ground

5 March 2020 - 0
Nouryon and Ineos Nitriles have broken ground on new facilities that will be built at the latter’s site in Cologne, Germany, and completed in 2021 or 2022.
rail car

CABB goes digital on rail cars

5 March 2020 - 0

As part of a digitalisation process, the CABB Group is currently fitting GPS devices to all of the 200 rail tank cars and tank containers it hires to transport monochloroacetic acid (MCA). This should be complete by June, the company said.

Evotec

Evotec in ‘Pan-TB’ collaboration

5 March 2020 - 0

Drug discovery firm Evotec, owner of the API manufacturer Aptuit, is a member of the Project to Accelerate New Treatments for Tuberculosis (PAN-TB) collaboration, which was launched formally on 27 February. This will aim to transform global action on TB, which causes more deaths than any other infectious disease, with 10 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths recorded in 2018.

APIs

Sanofi to establish API player

26 February 2020 - 0
Big Pharma giant Sanofi has announced plans to create a stand-alone company dedicated to the production and marketing of APIs to third parties.
REACH dossier

ECHA checking more dossiers

26 February 2020 - 0
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has revealed that it conducted 301 in-depth checks on almost 3,000 REACH registration dossiers in 2019, covering 274 unique chemicals.
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