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(NASDAQ: BSPM) ("Biostar" or "the Company"), a PRC-based manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical and health supplement products in C...

• Biostar
• Pharmaceutical

The operator already promotes itself as the “greener” alternative for trips between London and Paris, claiming that high-speed rail emit...

• Plastic
• Eurostar

The Food and Drug Administration encourages companies to test talc for asbestos, but the FDA standard for asbestos testing is more than ...

• EWG
• Asbestos
• Cosmetics

It is very common to use food additives; one of the most widely used food additive is monosodium glutamate, commonly known as MSG.

• Monosodium
• Glutamate
• Food Additives

The study authors write that "each percentage point increase in the household availability of ultra-processed foods resulted in an incre...

• Care
• Food
• Health

Current memory prescription drugs are treating memory (the smoke), not the cause of the memory problems (the fire).

• Food Additives
• Health

The decree also regulates the granting of certificates on food safety and hygiene, state inspections of imported and exported products, ...

• Food Additives

“The high levels of raw material costs are unprecedented and as a result make it necessary for us to keep our ink prices under review,” ...

• Prices
• Coatings
• Sun Chemical

“We selected Axalta Coating Systems because, after extensive testing and consideration, we learned that Axalta’s Spies Hecker paint line...

• Axalta
• Nagy
• Coatings

Architectural coatings comprise more than half of the paint industry, making it the industry’s largest segment.

• Coatings
• Color

Trades were based on fixed prices (flex), on contracts at ICE Futures and on the CEPEA/ESALQ Index.

• Cotton
• Brazilian
• January

Three plastics-related deals ranked among the 10 largest chemicals deals of 2017, according to a list compiled by financial firm PwC.

• Plastics

A North East entrepreneur has developed an online market place for luxury, all-natural beauty products after suffering a life threatening illness while working as a make-up artist at the BBC.

• China

Last month, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) released the first draft National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives (GB 2760) to revise and update its current version issued in 2014.

• China
• Food Additives

Wood-derived food additives are ingredients, which are primarily used to preserve flavor, taste, and other sensory food qualities.

• Wood Derived

The marine coatings market is projected to grow from USD 8.29 Billion in 2017 to USD 10.82 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 5.45% during the forecast period from 2017 to 2022.

• Coatings

A new report from CPhI has forecast that 2018 will be a transformative year for Japanese pharma as the market evolves towards growth in generics, biosimilars and increased internationalisation.

• CPhI
• Pharmaceutical

The crude oil output in 2017 was up 21.3% year-on-year.The company invested around 300 million USD in oil exploitation.

• PetroChina
• Crude Oil

The overall demand for alkylated oil will remain average, and the sales of alkylated oil will be relatively poor.

• Alkylated Oil
• Price