FINE CHEMICALS/BIOTECH

Chromatin and the Sorghum Checkoff partner to develop higher-yielding sorghum hybrids

12:58 PM MDT | June 18, 2013 | Francinia Protti-Alvarez

Chromatin (Chicago) a developer of sorghum seeds for agriculture and renewable energy; and the Sorghum Checkoff (Lubbock, TX), a producer-funded organization, have entered into a multiyear agreement to develop higher-yielding grain sorghum hybrids for...

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Gevo restarts isobutanol production at Luverne facility

Gevo (Englewood, CO) announced today that it has resumed commercial production of isobutanol after correcting problems that had caused previous contamination at its Luverne, MN, plant. "We had some microbial contamination in our plant that we have...

Monsanto receives regulatory approval from China for soybeans in Brazil

Monsanto announced it has received regulatory approval from China’s Ministry of Agriculture to launch its Intacta RR2 Pro soybeans in Brazil for the upcoming crop season. Along with Monstanto, multiple South American seed companies are anticipated to...

Avantor plant in India producing cGMP pharma chemicals

Avantor Performance Materials’ manufacturing plant at Panoli, India, is now producing pharmaceutical chemicals using contract cGMP standards, the company says. The plant makes salts and solvents for pharma production and research, Avantor says...

Reports: European Union fails to agree on approval of 3 GM corn varieties

The European Union's standing committee on food chain and animal health has failed to agree on the approval of 3 genetically modified (GM) varieties of corn for use in food and animal feed, various media sources have reported. The European Commission will...

Pharma/fine chemicals roundup—11 June 2013

Johnson Matthey's fine chemicals division reports higher profits Johnson Matthey's fine chemicals division posted a 2% hike in underlying operating profit for the fiscal year ended 31 March, to £71.1 million ($110 million), on sales down 2%, to...

BASF invests €50 million to expand crop protection production in Brazil

BASF will invest more than €50 million ($66 million) to expand its capacities for crop protection production at the Guaratinguetá chemical complex, about 170 kilometers from São Paolo, the company announced today. The investments will...

American Vanguard extends herbicide marketing agreement with Monsanto

American Vanguard (Newport Beach, CA) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Amvac has extended its agreement with Monsanto to co-market Amvac's post-emergent corn herbicide, branded Impact, as part of the Roundup Ready Plus weed-management program...

EU, Russia sign agreement on the control of drug precursor chemicals

The European Union and Russia signed a new cooperation agreement on the control of drug precursors at the EU-Russia summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on 4 June, the European Commission has announced. Drug precursors are chemicals that are primarily used...

Johnson Matthey's environmental technologies division posts higher annual profits, lower sales

Johnson Matthey's (London) environmental technologies division posted a 7% increase in underlying operating profit for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2013, to £226 million on sales down 8%, to £3 billion. The division comprises Johnson Matthey's...

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