Latest Chemical Industry News

Editorial: New obstacles, and new allies, for sustainability

Uncertainty and environmental skepticism in the US could lead to a cooling of chemical R&D spending there

May 5, 2025 13 views

How does nonstick cookware work, and should you switch to‘green’ pans?

Fluoropolymer coatings are hard to beat, but they are facingheat. Consumers looking for alternatives have options

May 5, 2025 12 views

Grove Biopharma launches to develop therapeutic protein-like-polymers

Bionic Biologic polymers are designed to target protein-protein interactions

May 5, 2025 14 views

OxyVinyls will contribute to the $600 million settlement in the East Palestine train derailment case

Vinyl producer has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern to pay a proportion of the class-action settlement

May 5, 2025 14 views

Business briefing for May 5

A nylon maker goes bankrupt, a carbon capture start-up raises money, Germany’s Merck acquires SpringWorks, and more

May 1, 2025 5 views

Business briefing for April 28

Tariffs raise prices, paint ingredient maker is sued, biobased chemical producers merge, and more

April 28, 2025 5 views

Chemistry start-ups hot in Paris

But European funding is cooling and could hamper commercialization

April 28, 2025 10 views

Oxy buys direct-air-capture firm Holocene

The oil and gas company already owns the DAC firm Carbon Engineering

April 28, 2025 11 views

What tariffs could mean for the pharmaceutical industry

Experts say the tariffs are unlikely to bring back production of generic medicines, given their slim profit margins

April 28, 2025 12 views

Merck KGaA to buy cancer biotech SpringWorks for $3.9 billion

German firm boosts its US position and adds oncology drugs and pipeline to health-care business

April 28, 2025 11 views

Lilly touts results for once-daily weight-loss and antidiabetic pill

As Pfizer pulls a candidate from the market, Lilly expects its pill to get approved next year

April 28, 2025 12 views