Chemical Business Newsbase articles from February 2007

Chemical Business Newsbase archives from February 2007

The investment column: Cairn Energy.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - The Independent) Cairn Energy is to return #481 M to its shareholders. The windfall comes from the #1 bn the oil and gas explorer got from the float of its Indian operation on the Bombay Stock Exchange...

The investment column: Elementis.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - The Independent) On a dire day for the stock market like 27 Feb 2007, only an outstanding set of results had any chance of sending a share price higher. Elementis delivered exactly that and was rewarded...

Polar Pharma enters US, Europe with new strategy: Will focus on institutional and retail segments.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) Prophylactics major Polar Pharma India Ltd, which has presence in 20 countries, has forayed into the US market by setting up a company called Polar LLC in Richmond, Virginia. The company...

Holcim increases stake in Ambuja Cement.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) Swiss cement company Holcim has hiked its stake in Ambuja Cement India Ltd to 78% by acquiring 2% stake from Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, which holds 33% stake in Ambuja Cement.

Pharma sector turnover to double by 2010.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) The turnover of the Indian pharmaceutical industry is expected to double to about Rup 1000 bn by 2010, according to the Economic Survey 2006-2007. The industry exported products worth Rup...

Uhde receives new orders for EnviNOx plants.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemie Technik (Heidelberg)) Hungarian fertilizers company Nitrogenmuvek has contracted Uhde in the supply of a waste gas treatment plant using EnviNOx technology. The plant will be installed in a new...

Ticona plans further involvement in Asia.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemie Technik (Heidelberg)) Ticona is planning a series of new investments in Asia in the coming years. The money will be spent on erecting world-scale monomer, polymer and compounding plants for the...

Commission Decision of 26 Feb 2007 authorising a temporary exemption from Articles 4(3) and 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer, as regards the use and placing on th.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Official Journal of the European Communities L) Adopted on 26 Feb 2007. The Commission of the European Communities, having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, having regard to...

OMV looking at selling drugs.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel) OMV is looking at selling OTC drugs. Since the start of 2007, Hungary has allowed the sale of OTC drugs outside pharmacies. Around 15 companies have received the necessary...

USA: market for refinery aids running like clockwork.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel) The billion-figure US market in refinery chemicals will continue to grow and at higher rates. It is driven by growing demand for refinery products - mainly petrol and...

Unilabs settles in Portugal.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Neue Zuercher Zeitung) Swiss laboratory group Unilabs SA in Geneva achieved a turnover increase to SFR 147.2 M in 1H of fiscal 2006/2007 (year ending 31 May) after a turnover of SFR 139.8 M in 1H...

IVF Hartmann plans to increase dividends for 2006.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Neue Zuercher Zeitung) Swiss medical bandage materials manufacturer IVF Hartmann achieved a 7.5% rise in profits to SFR 4.8 M in 2006 due to the focus on profitable products. Turnover increased by 3.2%...

Isotis recorded a loss in 2006.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Neue Zuercher Zeitung) The biotechnology company Isotis with a sales office in Lausanne achieved a rise in turnover to $40.7 M in 2006 ($32.1 M in 2005). The net loss amounted to $18.5 M after a profit...

Tentacle probe offers assurance for anthrax detection; joint study from Arcxis Biotechnologies and United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases has resulted in an important detection test for Bacillus Anthracis, the causative agent.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Arcxis Biotechnologies (Arcxis) and United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases announced the successful conclusion of their recent joint collaboration using...

Symbollon Pharmaceuticals receives regulatory guidance from Europe.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Symbollon Pharmaceuticals Inc (Symbollon) announced that they recently met with the German regulatory authorities (the BfArm) seeking their input and guidance regarding the non-clinical...

Phase I data from Targeted Genetics' tgAAC09 vaccine for HIV/AIDS presented at scientific conference.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Targeted Genetics Corp announced that University Medical Centre, Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany, presented updated Phase I data from a study of tgAAC09 in healthy volunteers not infected with...

Xoma (US) LLC announces expiration of oncology exclusivity obligation with Novartis Corp.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Xoma Ltd announced that pursuant to the terms of its collaboration agreement with Chiron Corp (subsequently acquired by Novartis AG), the parties' mutual obligations to conduct antibody...

Central African Mining & Exploration Co Plc to gain direct access to Chinese economy through acquisition of major Chinese cobalt chemical plant.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Central African Mining and Exploration Co Plc (CAMEC) has signed Heads of Agreement to acquire Zhejiang Galico Cobalt & Nickel Material Co Ltd (China) (Galico) and Alliance Minerals and...

US Department of Energy jointly funds Broin project to commercialise DuPont cellulosic ethanol technology.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced joint funding with Broin Companies in the development of a bio-refinery plant that will commercialise cellulosic ethanol technology developed by...

Platts adds Turkish plastics to its global suite of price benchmarks.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Platts began publishing weekly price assessments for the increasingly active Turkish market. Polymers are petrochemicals used to produce plastics. The new assessments will be on a CFR...

Valspar declares dividend payable 13 Apr 2007.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) The Valspar Corp announced that the Board of Directors at its meeting on 28 Feb 2007 declared a quarterly dividend of 13 cts/share, payable 13 Apr 2007 to all common stockholders of record...

Revolutionary NanOil from Green bio-diesel prepares for retail sales.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Nano Chemical Systems Holdings Inc announced NanOil, a two-cycle engine oil that is smokeless operating, environmentally friendly Green product, performs as a moly oil and can be made from...

Pacific Ethanol announces closing of $325 M senior secured credit facility.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Pacific Ethanol Inc has closed on a $325 M senior secured credit facility. The facility includes a $300 M senior secured construction and term loan, which will be used to recapitalize the...

Valhi declares regular quarterly cash dividend and special dividend of TIMET common stock.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Valhi Inc announced that its board of directors has declared: A regular quarterly cash dividend; and a special dividend in the form of shares of Titanium Metals Corp (TIMET) common stock...

Evotec and Interprotein sign collaboration agreement to develop Interleukin 6 inhibitors to treat inflammatory diseases.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Evotec AG and Interprotein Corp have signed a collaboration agreement on Interprotein's Interleukin 6 (IL-6) inhibitors programme for the development of novel, orally active drugs treating...

Pharmasset initiates multiple ascending dose study of R7128 in patients chronically infected with HCV genotype 1.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Pharmasset initiated the multiple ascending dose portion of an on-going Phase I clinical trial evaluating R7128 in up to 40 patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Advancis Pharmaceutical reaches agreement with FDA for resubmission of Amoxicillin Pulsys NDA.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp (Advancis) has conducted a meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), regarding the company's New Drug Application (NDA) for its once-daily...

Nasonex earns the Arthritis Foundation ease-of-use commendation.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Schering-Plough announced that the device used to deliver Nasonex (mometasone furoate monohydrate) nasal spray for the treatment of nasal allergy symptoms has received the Arthritis...

Eli Lilly's Zyprexa will remain the clinical gold standard for the treatment of Schizophrenia through 2015.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Decision Resources Inc finds that Eli Lilly's Zyprexa will remain the gold standard for the treatment of schizophrenia through 2015. According to a new report entitled Schizophrenia:...

Mylan announces launch of quinapril tablets, USP and quinapril hydrochloride and hydrochlorothiazide tablets.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Mylan Laboratories Inc announced that Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc has launched Quinapril Tablets USP, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg strengths, and Quinapril Hydrochloride (HCl) and...

Marinus initiates Phase IIb study of ganaxolone for infantile spasms.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc (Marinus) announced the dosing of the first patient in an international, multi-centre, randomised Phase IIb study of its lead compound, ganaxolone, in infants...

Athersys completes GMP manufacturing of Multistem for clinical trials.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Athersys Inc has successfully produced a clinical grade master cell bank and initial product doses intended to support its clinical trial activity in 2007 and 2008. The master cell bank...

Wyeth provides update on timing of FDA inspection of Guayama facility, reaffirms 2007 guidance and comments on hormone therapy litigation.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Wyeth provided an update on the timing of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) general re-inspection of the company's Guayama, Puerto Rico manufacturing facility. Based upon FDA...

FDA approves first medication to treat and prevent vomiting in dogs.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Pfizer Animal Health (PAH) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cerenia (maropitant citrate), the first medication to prevent and treat acute vomiting in...

Diversa and Cargill expand collaboration agreement.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Diversa Corp has expanded its collaboration agreement with Cargill Health and Food Technologies (Cargill) to discover and develop novel enzymes for the cost-effective production of a...

Ortho Biotech in discussions with FDA regarding prescribing information for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Ortho Biotech Products LP is in discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding a safety update to the prescribing information of all erythropoiesis-stimulating...

KMP to invest up to $100 M in bio-diesel infrastructure.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) announced plans to invest up to $100 M to expand its terminal facilities to help serve the growing bio-diesel market. KMP has entered into long-term...

Goodyear announces changes to US pension, retiree benefit plans.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co (Goodyear) announced a series of changes to its US-based retail and salaried employee pension and retiree benefit plans aimed at increasing its global...

PolymerOhio awarded $1.5 M grant to attract businesses to Ohio.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) PolymerOhio announced an award of $1.5 M from the Third Frontier Project. The grant will be used to establish PolymerOhio Co Attraction, an organization dedicated to attracting advanced...

Vascular BioSciences extends patent portfolio.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Vascular BioSciences announced that it has secured a worldwide exclusive licence to intellectual property from Burnham Institute for Medical Research on the discovery of the role of the...

Greatbatch Inc enters into an amended supply agreement with St Jude Medical through 2013.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Greatbatch Inc (GBI) and St Jude Medical Inc (JMI) announced that the Parties have entered into an amended supplier partnering agreement. This amendment, which becomes effective 1 Mar...

King Pharmaceuticals announces FDA approval of Altace tablet formulation.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) King Pharmaceuticals Inc announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application for an Altace (ramipril) tablet formulation. King Pharmaceuticals...

Nymox reports completion of new long-term study of NX-1207 for BPH.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp (Nymox) announced completion of a new long-term follow-up study of NX-1207 for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). About 114 subjects consented to participate in...

Visiogen Inc signs significant financing agreement.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Visiogen Inc announced it has raised $24 M from new and current investors in support of the Synchrony dual optic accommodating intraocular lens. Since the last round of financing in 2003,...

Advanced Cell applauds $3 bn stem cell research programme, proposition 71, upheld by a California appeals court.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Advanced Cell Technology Inc applauds the $3 bn stem cell research programme, proposition 71, upheld by a California appeals court. In a ruling, judges said Proposition 71 "suffers from...

Clinical Data announces exercise of warrants; 190,505 common shares purchased by affiliates of company for $3.705 M.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Clinical Data Inc announced that affiliates of Chairman RJ Kirk exercised warrants to purchase 190,505 shares of Clinical Data common stock at a purchase price of $19.45 /share. The...

Rhode Island biotechnology company receives $368,000 federal grant to reengineer Botulinum toxin using ''Immunoinformatics"; EpiVax funded to advance research on a new, improved "Botox".
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) EpiVax Inc has received a grant to reengineer botulinum toxin, a protein that is used for cosmetic purposes (the most commonly used brand is known as "Botox") and which is also used as a...

GammaCan signs $6.5 M private placement with institutional investors.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) GammaCan International Inc (GammaCan) announced the completion of a $6.5 M private placement with a group of investors lead by TRWinston & Co LLC. The company issued 16.25 M common shares...

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals acquires worldwide exclusive licence to Revimmune for all autoimmune disease.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Inc has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights for Revimmune, a patent-pending pharmaceutical treatment in late-stage development for a variety of autoimmune...

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Inc enters into a definitive agreement for a $20 M convertible debenture financing.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Inc entered into a definitive agreement for a convertible debenture financing with several institutional investors under which $24.7 M in principal amount of...

Auriga Laboratories launches Aquoral for xerostomia or 'Dry Mouth'; novel formulation marks entrance into $1 bn xerostomia marketplace.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Auriga Laboratories Inc (Auriga) announced the launch of Aquoral for the treatment of xerostomia, also known as 'dry mouth'. This new, patent-pending, prescription-only product...

Encorium Group awarded $1.2 M contract for study of a new vaccine for seasonal and pandemic avian influenza.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Encorium Group Inc announced the awarding of a Phase I contract having a value of about $1.2 M. This contract is in support of an innovative approach to the development of a vaccine for...

IDM Pharma announces the completion of enrollment in two Phase II trials of Uvidem in melanoma.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) IDM Pharma Inc announced the completion of patient enrollment in two Phase II clinical trials of Uvidem, IDM Pharma's therapeutic product for the treatment of melanoma being developed in...

Antares Pharma secures $10 bn credit facility.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Antares Pharma Inc (Antares) has closed on a secured credit facility consisting of two term loans in the aggregate principal amount of $10 bn (Credit Facility) to help fund working capital...

Avanir Pharmaceuticals summarizes outcome of FDA meeting on Zenvia NDA.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Avanir Pharmaceuticals (Avanir) has met with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials to address concerns expressed in the FDA's 30 Oct 2006 approvable letter for Zenvia as a...

Epix Pharmaceuticals files formal appeal for Vasovist with the Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Epix Pharmaceuticals Inc (Epix) has submitted a formal appeal to Steven Galson, MD, director of the Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the US Food and Drug Administration...

Merck announces 1Q 2007 earnings/share guidance and raises 2007 earnings/share guidance.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Merck & Co Inc anticipates its earnings/share (EPS) will be $0.63 to $0.67 for 1Q 2007, excluding restructuring charges related to site closures and position eliminations, and anticipates...

Pro-Pharmaceuticals submits Orphan Drug Status application to European Medicines Agency co-administration of Davanat with 5-FU to treat cholangiocarcinoma.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Pro-Pharmaceuticals Inc has submitted an Orphan Drug Status application to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for Davanat to be co-administered with 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) to treat...

Salix Pharmaceuticals acquires Pepcid Oral Suspension.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Salix) has purchased the US prescription pharmaceutical product rights to Pepcid Oral Suspension and Diuril Oral Suspension from Merck & Co Inc. Pepcid Oral...

Cobalis' Mexican Patent for PreHistin allowed.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Cobalis Corp announced that its Patent Application No 2001-006297, titled, Cyanocobalamin Treatment in Allergic Disease, has been allowed by the Mexican Patent Office. The patent protects...

EQT to acquire Dako.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) The EQT V fund (EQT) has entered into an agreement to acquire Dako Denmark A/S (Dako or Dako Group), one of the world's leading cancer diagnostics companies with headquarters in Glostrup,...

Veolia Environmental Services acquires Ecolocycle Inc.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Veolia ES Industrial Services Inc (Veolia) announced that Veolia ES Canada Inc, has acquired Ecolocycle Inc, a waste oil and glycol recovery and recycling company located in Quebec. The...

AlgoDyne Ethanol develops harvesting technology to remove harmful algal blooms from the ocean and turn them into ethanol.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) AlgoDyne Ethanol Energy Inc (AlgoDyne) announced that the company's ongoing research efforts have led to the development of a new process to harvest significant amounts of biomass from...

Baard Energy awards AMEC Paragon coal-to-liquid fuel project.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Baard Energy LLC has awarded AMEC Paragon of Houston, TX a contract to provide owner's engineers and project management services as well as Fischer-Tropsch and product workup design for an...

GS Carbon acquires carbon aerogel technology.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) GS Carbon Corp announced its acquisition of several patent-pending technologies involving the synthesis of speciality metal-doped catalysts made out of carbon aerogel and other...

Foster Wheeler wins contract for Terrace-Wall reformer and fired heaters at Bangchak refinery, Thailand.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Foster Wheeler Ltd announced that its subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded an engineering and materials supply...

Positive response from military and industry leaders to Hydrogen Power Inc (HPI) technology demonstration.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Hydrogen Power Inc (HPI) demonstrated and elaborated their technology to leading military and industry officials at the 2nd Annual Military Energy Conference in Arlington, VA, 20 Feb-21...

BIO says, DOE grants will jumpstart commercialization of ethanol from cellulose.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) thanked Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel Bodman and the Bush administration for announcing awards of cost-share grants for...

Novo Nordisk sells share in Dako for DKR 1.5 bn.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Dagbladet Borsen) Novo Nordisk is selling its 27% stake in the cancer diagnostics firm Dako to the private equity fund EQT V. The sale will bring in DKR 1.5 bn for Novo, which believes that a new...

Novo Nordisk acquires VersaMatrix.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Dagbladet Borsen) Novo Nordisk is in the process of buying the entire technology platform of VersaMatrix A/S which is a spin off from the Danish brewing company Carlsberg. The price has not been revealed...

Roulunds Rubber faces closure.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Dagbladet Borsen) Following a major financial loss Roulunds Rubber, Denmark, is to lay off 169 of its 185 employees. The company, which makes automotive, industrial, and agricultural rubber belts, was...

DKR 550 M turnover forecast for ALK-Abello in 2006.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Dagbladet Borsen) ALK-Abello is expected to report a turnover of DKR 550 M for 2006. However, Jyske Bank believes the company's turnover will shoot up to nearly DKR 2 bn in 2007.

Alcasa output falls 9% in Jan 2007: Venezuela.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - BNAmericas Metals News) Alcasa's aluminium output declined 9% to 14,685 tonnes in Jan 2007 from 16,132 tonnes in Jan 2006 due to a lack of investments in modernizing the technology of its plant located...

Pemex closes 2006 in the black, profits $3.8 bn: Mexico.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - BNAmericas Oil & Gas News) Pemex reported a net profit of Peso 42.5 bn ($3.8 bn) in 2006 compared with a loss of Peso 76.3 bn in 2005. Total 2006 sales amounted to Peso 1.06 bn in 2006, up 10% from 2005,...

Repsol YPF decreases reserves by 467 M boe: regional.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - BNAmericas Oil & Gas News) The possible deconsolidation of its Bolivian subsidiary Andina and the conditions of its yet-to-be approved E&P contracts have prompted Repsol YPF to reduce its Bolivian...

Northern Ethanol eyes Energen biofuels project: Jamaica.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - BNAmericas Oil & Gas News) Canada's Northern Ethanol has presented a letter of intent to Jamaica's Energen Development concerning a proposal to invest $6.5 M in exchange for a 70% equity stake in...

Molymet 2006 profits slip 5% on admin costs, lower molybdenum prices: Chile.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - BNAmericas Metals News) Molibdenos y Metales (Molymet), a molybdenum processor based in Chile, posted profits of $132 M in 2006, down 5% from $139 M in 2005, due in part to a $6.91 M rise in...

Madeco profits jump 146% to $55.6 M in 2006: regional.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - BNAmericas Metals News) Madeco, a copper products maker based in Chile, registered a 146% increase in net profits to Chilean Peso 30.2 bn ($55.6 M) in 2006 from Peso 12.3 bn in 2005. Sales of copper and...

Brazil's Natura posts R$ 460.8 M 2006 net profit.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) Brazilian cosmetics company Natura announced that in 2006 it obtained a R$ 460.8 M net profit, up 16.1%. Net revenue grew 20.8% to R$ 2.757 bn for 2006. Ebitda rose 16% to R$...

UCB full-year 2006 financial results.
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) UCB announced its financial results for the 12 month period ended Dec 2006. Revenue grew 8% to EUR 2.5 bn and on like-for-like basis. A 11% Growth driven by leading Keppra...

Integra LifeSciences reports 2006 financial results. [6 tables in original article].
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp (Integra LifeSciences) reported its financial results for 4Q an year ending Dec 2006. Total revenues for 4Q 2006 were $125.4 M (+72% over $52.4...

Discovery Labs reports 4Q 2006 financial results. [2 tables in original article].
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) Discovery Laboratories Inc (Discovery Labs) announced financial results for the 4Q and year ended Dec 2006. For 4Q 2006, the company is reporting a net loss of $7.8 M on 66.2 M...

Nektar announces financial results for 2006 and 4Q 2006. [4 tables in original article].
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) Nektar Therapeutics (Nektar) announced its financial results for the year and 4Q ended Dec 2006, which are in line with the company's financial guidance for 2006. For 2006, Nektar...

Restore Medical reports 4Q 2006 financial results. [2 tables in original article].
February 28, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) Restore Medical Inc announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended Dec 2006, and outlined its operating objectives for 2007. Net sales for 4Q 2006 were...