Company Dynamic

Shiseido-owned Baum is exiting China. Effective immediately, the Japanese beauty brand will no longer accept orders through its Tmall flagship store; the physical store is said to have closed last month.

• Shiseido
• Baum

For economic reasons, BASF plans to stop production of the active ingredient glufosinate-ammonium (GA) at its Knapsack and Frankfurt sites in Germany by the end of 2024.

• BASF
• glufosinate-ammonium

Moa Technology, an agricultural biotechnology company spun out of the University of Oxford, has signed a global agreement with Melbourne, Australia-based Nufarm Group to jointly develop and commercialize a new mode of action herbicide.

• Nufarm
• herbicide
• biological

Recently, Dr. Yu Rong Chen and Dr. Edward Cargill of Bayer Crop Science Research Headquarters in Missouri, USA, are co-corresponding authors of the paper entitled "Simultaneous Genetic Transformation and Genome Editing" published in aBIOTECH.

• TREDMIL
• genotypes
• crRNAs

In 2024, when the agricultural materials industry is facing severe challenges, Segagro, with its strong research and development strength and forward-looking strategy, has launched 9 new products to the market

• Segagro
• Choline
• chloride
• Sol

KBR has launched KCOTKlean, a suite of low- and zero-carbon technologies designed to decarbonize catalytic olefins processes.

• KBR
• KCOTKlean

Syensqo, a leading global provider of advanced performance materials and chemical solutions, has announced the launch of five new high-performance ECHO grades as part of the company’s growing Omnix ECHO circular polymer portfolio.

• Syensqo

On July 8, 2024, Rotam Global AgroSciences Limited’s headquarters Albaugh launched 46% Copper hydroxide WDG, marking another major product in the field of inorganic copper, copper formulation product line is more perfect, and fully meet the market demand.

• Copper
• hydroxide
• WDG
• Albaugh

On July 2nd, Samsung Biologics solemnly announced that the company has successfully reached a strategic partnership agreement worth 14.6 trillion KRW (approximately $10.6 billion) with an anonymous American pharmaceutical giant.

Microbiome-balancing body care brand Luna Daily announces new investment from Unilever Ventures to support the expansion of its product range.

• Luna Daily
• Unilever Venture

FMC's new herbicide Isoflex® active (Bixlozone) has received registration approval in the UK, and the active ingredient has been classified as Group 13 by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC).

• Bixlozone
• Isoflex
• herbicide

Fluquinometoate, a Quinolone fungicide of Shandong SINO-AGRI, obtained provisional approval of ISO generic name

• Fluquinometoate
• fungicide
• Quinolone

In June 2024, Shanghai Yuellian 22.5% Fluxapyroxad · Propiconazole ME was registered as a pesticide product by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

• Fluxapyroxad
• Propiconazole
• ME

Pfizer is set to welcome a new leader for its oncology business, who will take on the responsibility of helping the company achieve its ambitious goal of having 8 major impact oncology drugs by 2030.

AstraZeneca China implemented a significant organizational restructuring, dismantling and reorganizing its county-level oncology teams, and integrating them into the Lung Cancer Business Unit and the Urology, Gynecology and Women's Oncology Business Unit.

Rob Hoedt, Executive Vice President and President of Medtronic's global regions, revealed that he will be retiring from his distinguished career on June 28th, opting to start his retirement journey earlier than the company's mandatory retirement age of 65

On July 1, 2024, the global pharmaceutical company AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) officially announced that Mr. Robert A. Michael will take on the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective immediately and will also join the company's Board of Directors.

Noteworthy news has arrived - Tang Xiaochun, the head of Merck China's Vaccine Business Unit and Assistant Vice President, has stepped down from his role.

Shiseido and MaxMara announce a long-term fragrance partnership, under which the Japanese beauty giant will have the exclusive global development, production, marketing and distribution license for MaxMara-branded fragrances.

• Shiseido
• MaxMara

AkzoNobel has announced the groundbreaking of an ambitious €22 million investment project. This marks a major step in the development of its Pamiers plant, which specializes in the production of aerospace coatings.

• AkzoNobel