Latest Chemical Industry News

Lilly backs precision medicine start-up’s $65 million raise

Ampersand Biomedicines is moving forward with 2 new drug candidates

March 19, 2025 10 views

Editorial: Unintended effects of USAID cuts

USAID success story reveals how aid from US can deliver benefits down the road for chemistry

March 18, 2025 11 views

Graphitic Energy starts up turquoise hydrogen pilot

Low-carbon hydrogen technique makes solid carbon instead of CO<sub>2</sub>

March 18, 2025 12 views

Taiho Pharmaceutical to acquire ADC partner Araris Biotech

Taiho is paying out $400 million for the Swiss biotech company

March 18, 2025 10 views

Natural soda ash gets investment boost

WE Soda’s acquisition of Genesis Alkali makes it world number 1 ahead of Solvay

March 17, 2025 10 views

Researchers tore down Tesla’s and BYD’s batteries

They found a few surprises in the top electric carmakers’ battery materials and designs

March 17, 2025 10 views

Editorial: US budget cuts threaten business as well as human health

USAID success story reveals how aid from US can deliver benefits down the road for chemistry

March 17, 2025 10 views

Business briefing for March 17

Dow invests in recycling technology, BP cancels a hydrogen project, Roche licenses a weight loss drug from Zealand, and more

March 16, 2025 5 views

Two biosurfactant makers scale up

Dispersa and AGAE advance glycolipids for cleaning and industrial uses

March 16, 2025 10 views

Boston AI start-up raises $200 million

Lila Sciences seeks an AI model that researchers in any field of science can use

March 16, 2025 10 views

Good old pills vie for weight-loss market

In a field dominated by peptides, big and small pharma companies are racing to develop oral weight-loss drugs

March 16, 2025 11 views

Enodia gums up protein pathways for a good cause

Start-up seeks small molecules that induce protein degradation by blocking processing steps

March 16, 2025 10 views