Akzo Nobel completes ICI acquisition

08-Jan-2008 - The boards of Akzo Nobel N.V. and Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI) announced that the Scheme of Arrangement has now become effective in accordance with its terms. Under the terms of the Scheme, ICI shareholders are entitled to receive 670 pence for each ICI Share held at the Scheme Record ...

Kemira: Tikkurila merger to take effect

08-Jan-2008 - The subsidiaries Tikkurila Paints Oy and Tikkurila Coatings Oy have merged into their parent company Tikkurila Oy which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business (Kemira Coatings) on January 1, 2008. Under the merger, all assets and liabilities as well as rights and obligations of ...

Tri-K Industries announces name change to Kemira Specialty Inc.

07-Jan-2008 - TRI-K Industries, a part of the Kemira group, has changed its company name to Kemira Specialty, Inc. The company is a distributor of ingredients to the cosmetics and personal care industry. Headquartered in New Jersey, US, with additional operations in Massachusetts, TRI-K currently employs 50 ...

Bruker AXS Announces Agreement to Acquire Elemental Analysis Company JUWE Laborgeraete GmbH

07-Jan-2008 - Bruker AXS GmbH announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of the equity of privately-held JUWE Laborgeraete GmbH from its founders. A stock purchase agreement was signed on December 21, 2007 and the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008. JUWE's estimated ...

Arura Pharma Inc. completes the acquisition of Silkit Pharma Corporation and second tranche of Private Placement

07-Jan-2008 - Arura Pharma Inc. announced that it has completed as of December 31, 2007, the acquisition of Silkit Pharma Corporation and the second tranche of its private placement for gross proceeds of CDN$515,000. Ali Moghaddam, Chief Executive Officer of Arura, declared that "the acquisition of Silkit is ...

Smaller is Stronger - Now Scientists Know Why

07-Jan-2008 - As structures made of metal get smaller - as their dimensions approach the micrometer scale or less - they get stronger. Scientists discovered this phenomenon 50 years ago while measuring the strength of tin "whiskers" a few micrometers in diameter and a few millimeters in length. Many theories ...

First-ever study to link increased mortality specifically to carbon dioxide emissions

07-Jan-2008 - A Stanford scientist has spelled out for the first time the direct links between increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and increases in human mortality, using a state-of-the-art computer model of the atmosphere that incorporates scores of physical and chemical environmental ...

Orion comments on new challenge by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., India, of Orion's U.S. Patent covering Stalevo in the US

Company states the realisation of generic competition is neither certain nor imminent

04-Jan-2008 - Orion Corporation has been informed that Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., India (Sun), has amended its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking authorisation to produce and market generic versions of Stalevo® tablets (25/100/200 and ...

National Nanotechnology Initiative releases new strategic plan

04-Jan-2008 - A new strategic plan for the work of the National Nanotechnology Initiative has just been released by the interagency Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technology with support from the National ...

NPS Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Alan G. Harris Chief Medical Officer

04-Jan-2008 - NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Alan G. Harris, M.D., Ph.D., as senior vice president and chief medical officer. Before joining NPS, Dr. Harris was chief medical officer of Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, therapeutic head of worldwide medical endocrine care at Pfizer, Inc., and ...