BASF will spend €56m ($62m) to increase production capacity for the excipient PVP by expanding existing plants and introducing manufacturing capabilities at its facility in Shanghai, China.
An increase in demand for rayon fabric in China has led to higher prices for microcrystalline cellulose, an excipient for pharmaceuticals and a stabilizer for foods, drinks and personal care products.
The quest for more efficient methods of generating biofuels has
been boosted by a metagenomic study of the gut bacteria that enable
termites to digest wood.
BioProgress has allowed the exclusive partnership with US drugmaker
Wyeth on over-the-counter applications of its SWOLLO oral dosage
form technology to lapse, reports Phil Taylor.
Allegations that companies from Europe and Mexico are selling the
ingredient carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) at greatly reduced prices
in the US have prompted an investigation by the country's
International Trade Commission.
UK-based separations specialist Whatman saw its turnover drop in
the first half of 2003, but operating profits leap on back of its
restructuring effort.