Market Flash

On May 31, 2017, research and advisory firm Reputation Institute presented the results of their 2017 Global Pharmaceutical RepTrak Study.

• Pharmaceutical
• Company

First, the supply in the Chinese acetone market declined as the units in Sinopec Beijing Yanshan Company, Kingboard Chemical and CCS were shut.

• Acetone
• Coating

China's Ministry of Finance on Tuesday released a guideline on public-private partnerships (PPP) in agriculture to diversify funding for the industry.

• Agriculture
• China

Hailing the formation of a working group on natural rubber quality by the Rubber Board, the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association has emphasised the need to maintain quality of rubber

• Rubber
• Quality

The generosity of Londoners is reflected in this year’s London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive.

• Food
• London

The European Commission has today published the first version of an inventory of nanomaterials in cosmetics on the EU market.

• Cosmetics
• Nano
• Inventory

Textile mills in the State have appealed to the Union Government to bring down the GST rate for manmade fibre and yarn to 12 % from 18 %.

• Textile
• Duty

Perturbed over government apathy towards textile industry, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has announced to observe black day on Tuesday by closing down mills across the country to protest against anti-industry

• Textile
• Industry
• News

Dyeing plants in Wujiang of Jiangsu received emergency notice in the night of Jun 15th 2017 that the output should be suspended for half and no document was seen.

Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures extended gains and hit a two-week high on Thursday on the back of firm Shanghai futures.

• TOCOM
• Rubber

Babies are being weaned on to a high-sugar diet from as young as 4 months, a leading child health and obesity researcher is warning.

• Baby
• Food

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) commissioned a report which calls for "radical steps" on the way food is displayed and promoted.

• Scottish
• Food

About 20 percent of baby food samples tested over a decade-long period had detectable levels of lead, according to a new report from Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit group.

• Baby
• Food

Austrian researchers have been looking into the uses of indigo pigment in electronics. This is because of the pigment possesses special semi-conductor properties.

• Pigment
• Electronics

With effect from June 1 2017, the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act, No 72 of 2008, came into force by proclamation by the President of the Republic of South Africa.

• Regime
• Medicine

THE World Health Organization has added anti-HIV drugs to its list of essential medicines, in a move that turns the spotlight on the UK’s rationing of such drugs.

• Medicine
• HIV
• Drug

Schenectady County is picking a legal fight with one of the biggest industries in the United States.

• Pharmaceutical
• Opioid
• Crisis

State Attorney General Tom Miller announced Thursday that his office is part of an ongoing multi-state investigation into whether certain opioid manufacturers have unlawfully marketed and sold the powerful painkillers

• Probe
• Pharmaceutical

Slow trading was witnessed on the cotton market on Tuesday as buyers remained away from the market and only a few deals took place. The Karachi Cotton Association cut its spot rate by Rs50.

• Cotton
• Pakistan

East West Copolymer has sold its synthetic rubber manufacturing facility in Baton Rouge, apparently ending the plant's 74-year run.

• East
• West
• SR