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 EuroBioRef, the project aims to increase the “economic...
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....
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 expansion, together with the a new building for process development and...
Bayer CropScience contributes screening expertise to the joint venture, while Mendel researchers identify genes responsible for plant growth and environmental response....
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....
Commercial Cultivation Scheduled to Start in 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 Millipore for $107/share in cash, or a total transaction value including net debt...
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 facility, which involved an investment of about $3.75 million, will serve as a...
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 said that the company has experienced more requests for projects from small...