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In assessing changes to MDR due for 2020, Forum MedTech Pharma states that safety and quality must take priority over speed. CEO Dr Matthias Schier considers, however, that implementing changes in the form of the new MDR and IVDR poses challenges for...

• MDR
• Guidance

Covestro CEO Patrick Thomas, whose contract runs through Sept. 30, 2018, will retire effective May 31 – making way for Dr. Markus Steilemann as his successor.

• Covestro
• People

Oxea appointed Lars Eric Johansson, 57, as its new senior vice president of Strategic Alliances. He will report directly to Cristóbal Ascencio, executive vice president Strategy & Innovation at Oxea.

• Oxea
• People

AKM Foods has recalled some Zaiqa International Mini Fruit Jelly products, after certain batches of the confectionery proved to be a choking hazard.

• Hazard
• Recall
• Food

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• Daily

It's no surprise that chemicals can get flushed into our water supply from the pills we take. But as the world's population grows, the rampant consumption of pharmaceuticals has become an emerging threat to the world's freshwater ecosystems, researcher...

• Environment
• Drug
• Waste

The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency that regulates global shipping, is writing new rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions from ships by 2050 as it implements other regulations that will mandate cleaner-burning fuels at sea ...

• Pollution
• Environment

While extending support to Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has opposed the laying of an oil pipeline from Machike to Taru Jabba (Nowshera) by Inter State Gas Systems (ISGS), a federal government entity.

• Pakistan
• Oil

Strengthening trade and economic relations with the United Kingdom should be the cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy as this lucrative destination can help boost national exports to the required level.

• Pakistan
• UK

Adviser to Prime Minister on Aviation Division Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan on Thursday inaugurated Pakistan’s largest and most advanced fuel farm facility at the New Islamabad International Airport, which was developed jointly by Pakistan State Oil (PSO)...

• Fuel
• Pakistan

Polyurethane Machinery Corporation (PMC) is proud to announce their new partnership with distributor CEREXIM SAC of Peru. CEREXIM is the sister company of CEREXIM INC. of USA with more than 15 years in exportation from USA to Latin America of machinery...

• PMC
• Peru
• Partner

Effective immediately, SWD Urethane’s revolutionary spray foam products are now available for sale throughout Canada through POLR. Together with Nu-West in Western Canada, Impro in Ontario, Nadeau in Quebec, and Scotia Insulations in Atlantic Canada, POLR

• SWD
• Canada

Rigid Spray Polyurethane Foam Market is slated to reach USD 1.1 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Depleting non-renewable energy resources and extensive use of fossil fuels have resulted in an energy...

• Polyurethane
• Foam
• spray
• Forecast

• supplyside

President Donald Trump has told top economic advisors to look at the possibility of re-entering a massive Pacific trade deal, the White House said Thursday.

• US
• Trump
• TPP

Blagden Specialty Chemicals, a leading supplier of chemicals and additives to manufacturers in the UK and Ireland, has launched a fourth sector within its industrial division group.

• Blagden
• Specialty
• Chemical

The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) announced this year’s recipient of its highest honor, the Roy Kennedy Award. The award will be presented to Pete Wilkinson at the Chair’s Dinner at the Hockey Hall of Fame for his contribution to the...

• CPCA
• Canada
• Paints

Emergent BioSolutions has successfully completed the Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP) for market authorization of BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) in five Concerned Member States (CMS) within the European Union (EU), including Italy, the...

• Emergent
• Market
• Pharmaceutical

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“We should let consumers know that palm trees produce four to ten times more oil per hectare than any other oil crop,” said Webber.