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The clinical benefit rate (CBR) of the neratinib (Nerlynx) plus fulvestrant (Faslodex) combination treatment did not meet the predefined efficacy threshold, but was active in heavily pretreated patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, metastatic bre

• New clinical neratinib
• fulvestrant combination treatment

Yesterday (10th), CITIC Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. issued a letter stating that the sales price of CR series chlorinated titanium dioxide will be increased from now on.

• coatings price
• resins
• Titanium Dioxide

Affected by the nationwide implementation of the plastic restriction order, PBAT's domestic market demand has soared since December 2020, and the supply is in short supply, and the number of new entrants is increasing.

• PBAT production
• monomer BDO
• PTA
• AA

Studies have shown that many ingredients derived from the ocean are closely related to human health, such as the well-known fish oil.

• Marine functional food
• health ingredients

LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel recently said that because customer demand exceeds production, the polyolefin market supply may continue to be tight by the end of 2022.

• polyolefin market
• material supply

In the first April of this year, my country's foreign trade continued its good momentum, and it has recovered or even surpassed the level before the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

• foreign trade
• export

The market for melamine rose sharply in April. Since May, the market has continued to rise and hit a new high. According to the monitoring sample data of the business agency

• melamine market
• urea market

The overall trend of the n-butanol market this month bottomed out and rebounded. The downstream butyl acrylate market has improved, and factory operations have risen.

• n-butanol market report

ECHEMI Group Ranked No.71 in ICIS Top 100 Chemical Distributors in 2021 with $216.3 Million in sales announced in May.

• ICIS RANK
• chemical distributor

The monthly contract price of butanediol (BDO) in the Korean domestic market is lower than the April settlement price, falling from the peak. It is expected that the spot market will also weaken in the future.

• Asia BDO

India is a major global exporter of pesticides, dyes, and pigments. If the epidemic situation in India continues to worsen and production capacity is limited, production activities related to the export chain will be stagnated

• India epidemic
• pesticides
• pigments

At the end of April, the supply price of butadiene from Sinopec East China Sales Company was 7,300 CNY/ton at the beginning of the month, and the price was reduced by 400 CNY/ton to 6,900 yuan/ ton

• butadiene market
• monthly report

Wanhua distribution May 2021 list price of RMB22,000/ton; 1-10 days a price of RMB19,600/ton, discounted supply.

• market report
• MDI

The Ministry of Finance of India has confirmed the levy of anti-dumping duties on organic chemicals toluene diisocyanate (TDI) imported from Chinese Taipei, the European Union, Japan, South Korea and the United States.

• anti-dumping
• TDI
• trade

Recently, the profit data of industrial enterprises released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that in the first quarter, industrial enterprises above designated size achieved a total profit of 1825.38 billion yuan

• chemical material price
• Aniline
• Propanol

According to customs statistics, my country's EVA imports in March 2021 were 136,100 tons, a year-on-year increase of 33.43% and a month-on-month increase of 83.67%.

• EVA import

In 2019, the export value of plant extracts in my country increased slightly by 0.2%. Among them, the export value of stevia extract increased by 3.8%, which was a relatively rapid growth.

• stevia extract

Market prices of most chemicals are still rising in May

• dow price
• BASF price
• chemical market trend

Cinacalcet, the first drug in a new class of calcimimetic compounds, was approved by the FDA in 2004 for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing dialysis ( SHPT).

• Cinacalcet
• drug patent

India's second wave of epidemic intensifies, and the medical system is on the verge of collapse

• India epidemic
• chemical industry
• PC