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On October 22, 2024, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phong Duc Chin met with agricultural Counsellors from the Embassies of the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, the Republic of Korea, Italy, Spain,

Given the highly competitive environment for Roche in breast cancer, the company is banking on a new drug, inavolisib, to add 2 billion Swiss francs of value to its prestigious portfolio.

Prisma Colour has acquired Wrexham-based Silvergate Plastics, becoming the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of thermoplastic masterbatches, with a total processing capacity of over 30,000 tonnes.

• Prisma Colour
• Silvergate Plastics

Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, is leading a high-level delegation to New Delhi this week aimed at deepening economic ties with India in a bid to reduce its dependence on China through greater access to the Indian market, although India may not be a co

The National Bureau of Statistics officially released the latest economic data on April 18. According to it, the real growth rate of China's industrial output above designated size reached 5.4% in September from a year earlier, a significant acceleration

Benefiting from the rise in chemical prices, the A-share basic chemical sector performed well in the three quarterly reports, and the performance was generally good.

GM Ventures announced a $10 million investment in Forge Nano, a materials science company specializing in atomic layer deposition.

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• Forge Nano

The General Administration of Customs has officially released import and export data for the first three quarters of 2024. Data showed that in dollar terms, China's imports in September increased by 0.3% year-on-year, lower than the market expectation of

At a meeting held by the Trade Commission of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on October 17, after in-depth discussion and deliberation, the Commission finally decided to submit a proposal to the Minister of Strategy and Finance to impose anti-d

According to a report by CCTV Finance, South Korea's Samsung Electronics Group has recently begun to adjust its business structure due to its overall performance failing to meet expectations.

CDMO Nucleus RadioPharma, two years after completing its first round of funding, is pursuing an aggressive expansion strategy into two key regions that it believes will "significantly optimize" market access in the promising field of cancer treatment.

From 15 June to 20 September 2024, a total of 11 European countries experienced concentrated outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). As of September 20, 2024, there have been six confirmed cases of A (H5N1) virus and five confirmed human ca

On October 16, 2024, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency published a detailed report on the monitoring of additives and contaminants in food for the period from 2021 to 2023.

DCM Shriram has commissioned a 300 tonne per day flex-fuel flaker plant at its Jhagadia Chemical Park in Bharuch, Gujarat.

• DCM Shriram

The P&B Group has launched new breakthrough innovations in partnership with the startup Kléaria, offering formulations with enhanced sensory qualities and performance through nanoemulsions and alcohol-free fragrances.

• P&B
• Kléaria

For the week ended October 18, 2024, the global oilseed market showed a downward trend in prices. Specifically, the Chicago soybean futures market fell for a third straight week, mainly due to the smooth progress of the US soybean harvest, which pointed t

According to the announcement from the official EU website, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported three cases involving Chinese food and related products in its notification for week 42 of 2024. The specific details of the reports are

After previous rejections, Astellas reached a milestone to celebrate over the weekend when its new stomach cancer treatment, Vyloy (zolbetuximab), received its first approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Last year, Novo Nordisk's new hemophilia treatment Concizumab won approval from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) after being rejected by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Meanwhile, PTC Therape

Petroquimica Rio Tercero has decided to close its toluene diisocyanate (TDI) production facility in Cordoba, Argentina, in view of the global oversupply situation, a company spokesperson has officially confirmed. Originally designed to have an annual prod