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Shilpa commissions ADC facility
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (115+ words) Speciality Chemicals Magazine India's Shilpa Biologicals has announced the commissioning of a GMP antibody'drug conjugate (ADC) facility. The company said that the facility is "purpose-built and designed to meet global regulatory approval standards. It is fully operational, with GMP qualification…...
Feature article - The hidden cost of running the same experiment twice
1+ week, 4+ day ago (624+ words) Josh Miller, VP of account management at Uncountable, shows how a new data architecture can make institutional knowledge fully accessible Somewhere in your organisation right now, a chemist is working through a formulation problem that a colleague solved eighteen months…...
Activist shareholder targets Ashland
1+ week, 6+ day ago (388+ words) Ancora Holdings has released a presentation calling for a sale of speciality chemicals Ashland, in which it has reportedly acquired a "significant" stake, to a strategic or private equity buyer. The Cleveland-based investor said it plans to "engage in a…...
ECHA establishes alternative testing platform
1+ week, 6+ day ago (150+ words) Following the publication of the European Commission's roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments on 1 June, ECHA has launched its Collaborative Platform on Alternatives to Animal Testing. The agency said that it is committed to the roadmap's…...
Corden Pharma buys Ambio Pharm
3+ week, 5+ day ago (118+ words) Corden Pharma, has entered into an agreement to acquire Ambio Pharm, a peptide API CDMO with sites in North Augusta, South Carolina, and Shanghai that employ about 400. Terms were not disclosed but it is known that Ambio Pharm's shareholders will…...
Symrise breaks ground
3+ week, 5+ day ago (119+ words) Speciality Chemicals Magazine Symrise has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of construction of a new logistics centre at its headquarters in Holzminden, Germany. Due to be completed in March 2028, this represents an investment of about "25 million and…...
Feature article - America's semiconductor facilities are being built: The speciality chemical supply chains that feed them are not
3+ week, 5+ day ago (499+ words) The CHIPS Act has created the largest demand signal for speciality chemicals in a generation. Whether your company captures it is an operational question, not a chemistry one, says'Stephen Ottley, managing director and head of chemicals and pharmaceuticals at Maine…...
Feature article " Strength in diversity
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (840+ words) Saltigo is navigating through tricky waters and reaping the benefits of a European presence. We spoke with senior executives at Chemspec Astonishing though it may seem, Saltigo turns 20 this year. A subsidiary of Lanxess, which is not much older itself,…...
Biobased acrylonitrile progresses
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (157+ words) Trillium Renewable Chemicals has raised $13 million in a Series B financing round led by HS Hyosung Advanced Materials with participation from Capricorn Partners. This will go towards Project Falcon, the world's first demonstration plant for the manufacture of 100% biobased acrylonitrile,…...
Feature article - Navigating biotech's new reality: Funding, flexibility & faster decision making
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (661+ words) Philip Payne, chief commercial officer, and Dr Goran Verspui, head of drug development services at Symeres, look at how biotechs are adapting to a more demanding environment than ever before" Throughout 2025, biotech funding has only grown more cautious and selective....