http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 2:19:42 EDT 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 (Ulm... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25488.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT ACC president Cal Dooley participated in a session earlier this week with Senators John Kerry (D., Massachussets), Lindsey Graham (R., South Carolina), and Joe Lieberman (I., Connecticut), along... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25491.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Bayer CropScience says it is expanding its research collaboration with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO; Clayton South, Australia), Australia’s national... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25469.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT  Borealis reported fourth-quarter 2009 net income of €13 million, compared to a loss of €122 million, on sales down 6%, to €1.3 billion. Operating profit was €11... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25471.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Consulting firm IMS Health (Norwalk, CT) says that China will become the third largest pharmaceutical market in the world in 2011, moving up from its current fifth position. The U.S. is the... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25472.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT The company is seeking flexibility to use roughly $40 million in cash received from the carry back of 2009 operating losses.... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25475.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT The company also expects significant earnings improvement in 2010.... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25450.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT  Ineos says its plans to issue senior secured notes and term loans to prepay a significant proportion of its senior term loan debt. The notes and term loans have maturity of at least five... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25451.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT ChemTrust (London), a non-government organization, is pressing regulators to adopt measures that recognize the synergistic adverse effects of synthetic chemicals on human health and the... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25452.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Eastman says the deal positions it as a global leader in the $9-billion non-phthalate plasticizer business with both general purpose and specialty solutions.... http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/25454.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT