Daily Chemical News Recommendation (Aug 3, 2018)

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>> India launches probe as more countries begin recall of BP drug with Chinese valsartan API

India’s drug controller has initiated an investigation against all companies importing key raw material valsartan for commonly used hypertension drugs from Chinese manufacturer Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals.

This comes in the wake of recall of medicines containing valsartan in several developed countries recently, including the US, Germany and Italy after reports that an ingredient used in valsartan’s manufacturing by this particular company carries “potential cancer risk”. [More]

>> BirlaCarbon announces global carbon black capacity expansions including in India

Significant debottlenecking at Birla Carbon’s factories in Egypt and Italy before the end of Q3 2018; restarting a production line in Thailand by the end of Q4 2018; and installing of new production lines in India with a start date of Q4 2019 will enable it to raise its capacities considerably. In total, Birla Carbon will be adding 150,000-mt per annum of new capacity on line over the next 18 months. Furthermore, the company is prepared to expand at its newest plant in China by an additional 120,000-mt at the opportune time.[More]