German chemicals giant BASF has announced its latest brace of price
rises, this time for two forms of carboxylic acid and for bleaching
and reducing agents.
US scientists have discovered that sugar and olive oil do not just
belong in the kitchen - but could potentially be used to develop
naturally-derived nanomaterials for drug delivery systems and
biological scaffolds.
Finnish chemicals company Kemira is planning to buy Verdugt BV of
the Netherlands in a move that will triple its sales of organic
acids at a stroke and make it the number one company in the sector.
Researchers at AstraZeneca in Sweden have been granted a US patent
on a new film coating for tablets that can be carried out in
water-based conditions, doing away with the need for use of organic
solvent-based systems.