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March 19, 2010
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (Petah Tikva, Israel), the leading generics pharmaceutical company in the world, says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ratiopharm...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Teva-to-Acquire-Ratiopharm-for-$4-9-Billion_25488.html March 16, 2010
Biotech company AutekBio (Santa Clara, CA), which has a subsidiary in Beijing, with support from the Chinese government, will build a contract manufacturing facility for biologics at...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/China-to-Build-Biologics-Contract-Manufacturing-Facility_25430.html March 15, 2010
A consortium of 28 companies and research institutes has begun a four-year project to develop an efficient biorefinery system for converting biomass into final chemical products. Named...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/EU-Consortium-Begins-Biorefinery-Development-Project_25395.html March 12, 2010
The meeting at Ankeny, IA the first time U.S. regulators have scrutinized competition and regulation in the seed market, and come amid competitors' and farmers' accusations of antitrust behavior by seed industry's market leader Monsanto....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/DOJ-Begins-Antitrust-Inquiry-into-Seeds_25378.html March 8, 2010
Wacker Chemie has opened a new production facility for pharmaceutical proteins at its Jena, Germany site. The plant is part of Wacker's program to enlarge its biotech operations. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Wacker-Opens-New-Biologics-Facility-at-Jena_25215.html March 8, 2010
Bayer CropScience contributes screening expertise to the joint venture, while Mendel researchers identify genes responsible for plant growth and environmental response....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Bayer-CropScience-Mendel-Extend-Crop-Resistance-Development-Deal_25221.html March 3, 2010
DuPont and Bio Architecture Lab will jointly focus on improving domestic macroalgae aquaculture; converting macroalgae to bio-available sugars; converting those sugars to isobutanol; and economic and environmental optimization of the production process....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/DuPont-Developing-Macroalgae-to-Isobutanol-Process_25154.html March 2, 2010
Commercial Cultivation Scheduled to Start in 2010...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/European-Commission-Approves-BASFs-Amflora-Starch-Potato_25130.html March 1, 2010
Merck KGaA and life sciences company Millipore (Billerica, MA) say they have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Merck KGaA will acquire all outstanding shares of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Merck-KGaA-to-Acquire-Millipore-for-$7-2-Billion_25087.html February 25, 2010
Lek (Ljubljana, Slovenia), a Sandoz subsidiary, says it has opened a new facility for the production of biopharmaceutical active substances at Mengeš, Slovenia. The new...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Sandoz-Subsidiary-Opens-Biopharma-Facility-in-Slovenia_24984.html February 22, 2010
Cambrex’s president and CEO Steven M. Klosk tells CW he is optimistic that the business is well placed for growth. Speaking at the recent Informex expo in San Francisco, Klosk...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Cambrex-CEO-Optimistic-for-2010-Seeks-New-Technologies_24912.html February 19, 2010
Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals (Ahmedabad, India) says it has formed an alliance with biotechnology company Codexis (Redwood City, CA), for the use of Codexis’...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Dishman-Forms-Alliance-with-Codexis_24889.html February 17, 2010
The company expects to complete the pilot-scale work later this year, and has retained Merrick & Company (San Diego) to design its demonstration and commercial manufacturing plants, due online in 2011 and 2013 respectively....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Start-up-Advances-Biobased-Acrylic-Acid-Production-Process_24861.html February 11, 2010
The company says its technology is 1,000 to 5,000 times faster than conventional genetic engineering methods, creating optimized microbes and bioprocesses "within months rather than years."...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Start-up-Advances-Biobased-Acrylic-Production-Process_24722.html February 10, 2010
The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF; New Delhi) says that, following a series of nationwide consultations, it has decided to put on hold the commercial cultivation and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/India-Puts-on-Hold-Genetically-Modified-Food-Crop_24674.html February 10, 2010
Some start-ups entering the biofuels sector already are revealing themselves as winners in certain market applications even though there is no shortage of mature biofuel companies...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Biofuels-Firms-Rated-New-Order-Emerges_24679.html February 8, 2010
OriginOil (Los Angeles), a start-up company developing a process for converting algae into oil, says it has commissioned its pilot facility at its Los Angeles headquarters. The company...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Start-up-Brings-Algae-to-Oil-Pilot-Plant-Online_24631.html February 5, 2010
A committee representing European Union (EU) member states has accepted a European Commission proposal to direct funds raised from the region’s emissions trading scheme (ETS)...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/EU-Agrees-to-Pump-Billions-of-Dollars-into-CCS-and-Renewables_24607.html February 3, 2010
ZeaChem (Lakewood, CO), a bioprocessing firm, says it has successfully tested a fermentation process for manufacturing acetic acid from renewable biomass to a scale of 5,000 liters, up...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/ZeaChem-Scales-up-Biomass-to-acetic-Acid-Process_24559.html January 29, 2010
Using algae for generating biomass energy is less efficient than using switchgrass, canola or corn, uses more water, and requires more inputs, according to a University of Virginia...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Algal-Systems-Less-Efficient-than-Corn-for-Generating-Fuels_24483.html |
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