Celanese Chemicals Extends Force Majeure on Acetyl Products for Asian Customers

11-Jan-2001 - Celanese Chemicals today announced that it will extend until further notice its Declaration of Force Majeure on acetic acid and vinyl acetate for its Asian customers. This declaration of force majeure, initially declared in September 2000, is the result of an ongoing inability of Singapore ...

US FDA approves Novartis' Starlix®

27-Dec-2000 - Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval for Starlix® (nateglinide), the first in a new class of oral antidiabetic drugs that restores early insulin secretion, a fundamental defect in type 2 diabetes. It is indicated for use as both ...

Merck and Tecan join forces in Life Sciences applications

21-Dec-2000 - Merck KGaA and Tecan today announced they have entered into a strategic alliance to supply, distribute and develop flexible, high throughput nucleic acid extraction and purification kits. Effective January 2001, this collaboration combines the expertise and strength of Merck in life science ...

Novartis files ASM 981 for treatment of eczema in the US

Non-steroid treatment may offer new options for adult and pediatric patients

19-Dec-2000 - Novartis has filed a new drug application (NDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ASM 981 Cream 1%, a unique, new treatment for atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis (also known as atopic eczema) is an increasingly common disease which affects approximately one in five people ...

Non-iron convenience - Cotton finishing keeps textiles in shape

18-Dec-2000 - Ironing? No thanks! This tedious task tops the list of unpopular household chores, right along with scrubbing floors and washing dishes. But people who like to wear cotton can hardly avoid the nuisance of having to iron their clothes. Even cotton goods labeled "easy-care" look ...

Ashland’s Fine Ingredients Division Invests in New Nutritional Facility at LaMirada, California

18-Dec-2000 - Continuing its ongoing commitment and investment in the nutritional ingredients market, Ashland Distribution Company’s Fine Ingredients Division (FID) has opened a new, 29,000-square-foot customized blending, ...

BASF Plant Science to acquire US plant biotechnology and genetics company

Acquisition of ExSeed Genetics, LLC, an enhanced crop company

15-Dec-2000 - BASF Plant Science, Ludwigshafen, Germany, announced today that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the US biotechnology and genetics company ExSeed Genetics, LLC, located in Owensboro, Kentucky. ExSeed was founded in 1994 and currently has over 50 ...

Ashland's Fine Ingredients Invests in New Nutritional Facility

14-Dec-2000 - Dublin, Ohio (USA) - Continuing its ongoing commitment and investment in the nutritional ingredients market, Ashland Distribution Company?s Fine Ingredients Division (FID) has opened a new, ...

With Terlux from BASF: Greater transparency in medicine

14-Dec-2000 - One of the youngest plastics from BASF is Terlux®, a thermoplastic based on methyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene - and consequently abbreviated to MABS. The monomer units are matched to one another in such a way that the resultant material is distinguished ...

Altis Semiconductor Selects SiLK resin from Dow for 0.13 micron Copper Chip Production

01-Dec-2000 - Altis Semiconductor, a joint venture of IBM Microelectronics and Infineon Technologies, will implement a low-k process utilizing SiLK resin to produce 0.13-micron custom logic chips for telecommunications, computer peripherals and wireless applications. Used in combination with high-speed ...