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Air Liquide 2006: Gas & services 4Q 2006.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006, the Gas & Services division of Air Liquide has reported revenues of EUR 9628 M (+6.1% on its 4Q 2005), of which: Europe EUR 5171 M (+5.6%), the Americas EUR 2568...

Air Liquide 2006: Gas & services FY 2006.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006, the Gas & Services division of Air Liquide has reported revenues of EUR 2440 M (+5.2% on its 4Q 2005), of which: Europe EUR 1350 M (+5.3%), the Americas EUR 616...

Air Liquide 2006: Gas & services - Europe.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q and fiscal 2006 Airliquide has reported results for its Europe segment.

Air Liquide 2006: Gas & services - the Americas.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q and fiscal 2006 Airliquide has reported results for its Americas segment. Fourth Quarter: Revenues for the Americas were EUR 616 M (+1.2% on 4Q 2005). Industrial...

Air Liquide 2006: Gas & services - Asia Pacific.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q and fiscal 2006 Airliquide has reported results for its Asia Pacific segment. Fourth Quarter: Revenues for Asia-Pacific were at EUR 432 M (+11.3% on 4Q 2005). All...

Krka's 2006: Krka Group sales by key markets and regions.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its fiscal 2006 Slovenian company Krka dd has reported its sales by geographical regions: Russian Federation EUR 130.1 M (EUR +37% on its fiscal 2005), Poland EUR 95.2 M...

Krka's 2006: Sales by product group.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its fiscal 2006 Slovenian company Krka dd has reported on its sales by product group: prescription pharmaceuticals EUR 535.5 M (+21% on its fiscal 2005), self-medication...

Krka's 2006: Research and development.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its fiscal 2006 Slovenian company Krka dd has reported on its R&D activities. As in R&D area the beginning of 2006 was focused into an increased activity in new development...

Krka's 2006: Investments.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its fiscal 2006 Slovenian company Krka dd has reported on its capital investment program. In 2006 the Krka Group allocated to investments EUR 107.1 M (SIT 25.7 bn), which is...

Krka's 2006: Employees.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its fiscal 2006 Slovenian company Krka dd has reported on its headcount. The Krka Group had, at the end of last year, 5759 employees; 3646 in Slovenia and 2113 abroad. The...

Nickel's price will not increase too much. [1 figure in original article].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business Newsbase - Kommerstat) Russian experts consider dynamics of prices for nickel. Now on LME, the price has reached $41,200/tonne. During the last quarter, nickel increased in price by 30%, and during 2006 prices...

India will supply Russia with titanium dioxide.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business Newsbase - Kommerstat) Russia and India have decided to solve 10% of India's $1-2 bn debt to Russia in Rupees ($120 M). It is planned to create a JV for titanium dioxide production at a plant to be built in Orissa...

DuPont cuts jobs, turns focus to seed market.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Croplife) DuPont Co will axe 1500 jobs in a reorganization move that will also involve the restructuring of its agriculture and nutrition division, and renew focus on its seeds business. The job cuts are...

DuPont, BP pair up.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Croplife) DuPont and BP, which had been collaborating since 2003 in the development of new generation biofuels, are expected to introduce the first product of their collaboration. In 2007, the...

Capital concerns: persistent organic pollutants treaty.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Croplife) Incoming chair of the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Barbara Boxer, intends to introduce a law that will help approve the treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants...

Capital concerns: rail transportation of anhydrous ammonia.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Croplife) The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is lobbying in the US Congress for policy changes in the transport of toxic inhalation hazard (TIH) materials, particularly chlorine gas and...

A fertilizer flurry. [3 tables].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Croplife) According to a survey of 100 fertilizer retailers, sales have grown by 3.5% in 2006 to reach $5.9 bn. The increase has also reflected a hike in all crop inputs of up to 44% share of total...

$100 M plant is first to produce propanediol from corn sugar.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products LLC, a 50:50 jv between DuPont and Tate & Lyle, has completed its first commercial delivery of 1,3-propanediol (Bio-PDO) produced at its...

$1 bn in tax credits allocated to clean-coal projects.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) Clean coal projects in nine different states have been allocated $1.65 bn in tax credits by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The measure earmarked $800 M of credits to...

Akzo Nobel opens paper chemicals plant in China.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) Eka Chemicals, the pulp and paper chemicals division of Akzo Nobel, has started up a new high-quality paper chemicals facility in Guangzhou, China. The new plant will help...

Lanxess expands ion-exchange-resin capacity.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) Lanxess will invest EUR 6 M to boost the ion exchange resin capacity of its plant in Bitterfeld, Germany. The expansion, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of...

Clariant inaugurates a high-performance polymer plant.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) Clariant has commissioned a new 20,000 tonne/y polymer plant in Frankfurt-Hochst, Germany. The new facility is dedicated for the production of Licocene, a polyolefin based...

DSM to build plant for waterborne coating resins.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) Royal DSM NV will construct a waterborne coating resins facility at its site in Meppen, Germany, at a cost of EUR 20 M. The new plant will churn out speciality...

Honeywell Specialty Materials expands Asian R&D centre.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) Honeywell Specialty Materials will spend $3.2 M to expand its Asia Technology Center in Shanghai, China. The expansion, which will improve the centres research and...

BASF and Dow to conduct joint feasibility study for TDI facility.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Chemical Engineering Progress) Dow Chemical Co and BASF AG intends to carry out a joint feasibility study on a proposed 300,000 tonne/y plant for producing toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and its precursors....

Amgen 4Q 2006: Condensed consolidated statements of operations for 4Q 2006.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) Amgen Inc has reported turnover of $3835 M ($3271 M for its 4Q 2005), R&D expenses of $1051 M ($661 M), operating income of $989 M ($1101...

Amgen 4Q 2006: Condensed consolidated statements of operations for FY 2006.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its FY 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) Amgen Inc has reported turnover of $14,268 M ($12,430 M for its FY 2005), R&D expenses of $3366 M ($2314 M), operating income of $3840 M...

Amgen 4Q 2006: Product sales performance.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) Amgen Inc has reported total product sales of $3737 M ($3168 M for its 4Q 2005), of which: US sales $3101 M ($2625 M), international...

Amgen 4Q 2006: Operating expense analysis on an adjusted basis: R&D.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) Amgen Inc has reported R&D expenses of $1051 M ($661 M) and for FY 2006 $3191 M ($2302 M for its FY 2005). Fourth quarter and full year...

Amgen 4Q 2006: Fourth quarter product and pipeline highlights.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) Amgen Inc has reported on its product and pipeline highlights, including: Vectibix (panitumumab, clinical trials for the indication of...

Amgen 4Q 2006: Product sales detail by product and geographic region. [2 tables in original article].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) Amgen Inc has reported total product sales of $3737 M ($3168 M for its 4Q 2005) and for FY 2006 sales of $13.858 M ($12.022 M for its FY...

Dow 4Q 2006: Consolidated statements of income for 4Q 2006.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $12,236 M ($11,917 M for its 4Q 2005), R&D costs of $308 M ($283 M), EBIT of $1323 M...

Dow 4Q 2006: Consolidated statements of income for fiscal 2006.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its FY 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $49,124 M ($46,307 M for its FY 2005), R&D costs of $1164 M ($1073 M), EBIT of $4972 M...

Dow 4Q 2006: Performance plastics.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) the Performance Plastics division of The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $3546 M ($3183 M for its 4Q 2005) and EBIT of $347 M...

Dow 4Q 2006: Performance chemicals.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) the Performance Chemicals division of The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $1999 M ($1854 M for its 4Q 2005) and EBIT of $293 M...

Dow 4Q 2006: Agricultural sciences.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) the Agricultural Sciences division of The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $814 M ($729 M for its 4Q 2005) and EBIT of $38 M...

Dow 4Q 2006: Basic plastics.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) the Basic Plastics division of The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $2944 M ($2919 M for its 4Q 2005) and EBIT of $461 M ($624...

Dow 4Q 2006: Basic chemicals.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) the Basic Chemicals division of The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $1315 M ($1529 M for its 4Q 2005) and EBIT of $194 M ($268...

Dow 4Q 2006: Sales by geographic area.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB) For its 4Q 2006 (period ends 31 Dec 2006) The Dow Chemical Co Ltd has reported sales of $12,236 M ($11,917 M for its 4Q 2005), of which: the US $4269 M ($4656 M), Europe $4496 M...

Conditions ripe for Mitsubishi Pharma/Tanabe merger.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Talks are ongoing between Mitsubishi Pharma and Tanabe Seiyaku on the possible merger of their businesses. The move is deemed necessary for the two Japanese mid-scale pharmaceutical...

Construction starts on Toray's ABS expansion in Malaysia.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Toray Industries has broken ground on the proposed expansion of its manufacturing base for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin at the site of its subsidiary Toray Plastics...

NEDO to study using B100 biodiesel to power common rail engines.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) A research will be carried out by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to evaluate technology for modifying 100% pure biodiesel (B100) as fuel...

Sumitomo to expand global sales network.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Sumitomo Chemical intends to establish new sales bases in Asia and Europe, principally to distribute the future olefins and polyolefins output of its proposed Rabigh Project in Saudi...

Optical wiring to get boost from waveguide film material.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) A transparent and highly heat-resistant polymer material has been developed by Hitachi Chemical, with principal application in waveguide film designed for an optical wiring system....

Asahi starting up propane-based acrylonitrile production in Korea.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Japanese company Asahi Kasei Chemicals is set to start commercial production of acrylonitrile at its subsidiary Tongsuh Petrochemical in South Korea. The facility is based on the...

Iino Lines transfers functions to Singapore.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) The chemical-product transport functions and control base of Iino Lines for Japan, India, and the Middle East have been completely relocated to Singapore. The company engages in the...

Nippon Sheet Glass to expand capacity of float-glass kilns.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Japanese company Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) plans to adopt the technologies and expertise of its wholly owned UK glass subsidiary Pilkington Plc at its domestic float-glass units, in...

Sumitomo switching to aluminium hydroxide for aluminium compounds.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Sumitomo Chemical has decided to use aluminium hydroxide as feedstock for its manufacture of aluminium compounds, in stead of the standard raw material bauxite. The move forms part...

Nippon Chem to build plant for trivalent chromium salt.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Nippon Chemical Industrial will set up a new facility at its Tokuyama site, aimed at doubling output capacity for trivalent chromium salt utilized in the surface treatment of vehicle...

System under study to produce energy from marine biomass.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Fujikasui Engineering has entered into a two-year collaboration project with the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University, covering the development and commercialization of a...

METI sees ethylene need remaining high in 2007. [1 table in original article].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) The Chemical Division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan has reported that ethylene output in the country will continue to be high in fiscal 2007. Despite an...

Kuraray working to step up adoption of EVOH.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Kuraray has pursued plans to expand the application of its ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH), which is marketed under the Eval brand name. Addressing opportunities in the...

Mitsui operating acetone recycling at 100% in 1Q.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Chiba Phenol, a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals, will sustain the full capacity operation of its acetone recycling system for 1Q 2007. During the quarter, the company will recover...

Asahi Kasei to focus on strategic investments in fiscal 2007.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Asahi Kasei, in an effort to substantiate its medium term business plan, will spend around Yen 80 bn in fiscal 2007 for its chemical businesses. The investment is part of the Yen 400...

Toyobo eyes overseas expansion for copolyester resin.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Toyobo Co will pursue global expansion plans for its polyester copolymer operations that will include water-dispersible grades, moulding grades, polyamideimide resin and polylactic...

Organo seeks to launch onsite supply of ultrapure water.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Tokyo, Japan-based Organo Corp is conducting talks for a possible 10-year deal that will involve onsite supply of ultrapure water to an electronics maker. The company aims to post...

DIC to use technology to raise production efficiency.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Dainippon Ink and Chemicals aims to boost its production efficiency and competitiveness through technological developments on its production processes. The move is intended to offset...

Taiho to set up plant for wood paints in Vietnam.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Taiho Chemical Industry aims to meet the growing demand of Japanese and Western furniture and building materials manufacturers by constructing a plant for woodwork paints in Vietnam....

Merger set for Hitachi Metals and Neomax.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Hitachi Metals will merge with Neomax Co on 1 Apr 2007 in a deal that will exchange one Hitachi Metals share with two Neomax shares. Hitachi intends to be a global leader in the...

Chugoku Marine doubles paint output in Shanghai.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Chugoku Marine Paints has increased the production capacity of its subsidiary Chugoku Marine Paints (Shanghai) Ltd to 100,000 tonnes/y through a new plant that already commenced...

Toyobo to target 70% share for speciality businesses.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Toyobo Co wants its speciality businesses to account for around 70% of total sales in FY 2010 ending 31 Mar 2011 as it intends to reach sales of more than Yen 450 bn ($4.1 bn) and...

Carbon nanotubes promising for semiconductor wiring.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in semiconductor processes is being studied by member companies of the Japanese consortium Semiconductor Leading Edge Technologies (Selete). The...

NEDO aims for solar cell with 100-micron thickness.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Mitsubishi Electric, Sharp Corp and Nippei Toyama will be commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for a four-year project to develop...

Kuraray to further boost capacity of poval film.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Kuraray Co intends to increase its overall capacity for polyvinyl alcohol film (poval film) for optical applications to 136 M sq m/y. The company, which aims to meet the rising...

Fujifilm targets plant-based material for TAC film.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Fujifilm Corp aims to switch to plant-based acetic acid as raw material for the production of its triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film as the company boosts its research effort on the...

High-output DMFC to undergo testing.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Tokyo, Japan-based Mitsubishi Gas Chemical intends to conduct a verification test of its direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) prototype with a 300-W output capacity. The company will...

Fujifilm develops unique low-k material technology.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Fujifilm Corp has developed a new technology for making spin-on-dielectric (SOD) interlayer film with ultralow dielectric constant (k). The resulting film exhibits higher mechanical...

Development progresses of calcium fluoride crystal as new lens material.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Tokuyama Corp is close to establishing a practical application for the calcium fluoride single crystal it is developing as a lens material for use in the core machinery of advanced...

Xylene output hits record as BTX demand dips. [1 figure in original article].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Japan posted a record high xylene output in 2006, while output for benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) continued to be weak because of plant maintenance shutdowns. BTX output of...

Xylene output hits record as BTX demand dips: BTX production sees slight side.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Japan's 2006 output of benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) showed a slight decline compared to 2005. Benzene output declined 3% year on year to 4,840,000 tonnes, toluene dropped 4% to...

Xylene output hits record as BTX demand dips: domestic demand to pick up in 2007.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Japanese demand for benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) is expected to increase by 1% year on year to 11,460,000 tonnes in 2007. Benzene demand is forecast to slightly grow because of...

Benzene: US/Asia price gap narrowing - paraxylene market began picking up in Dec 2006. [2 tables in original article].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) The monthly price gap average for benzene between the US contract price (USCP) and Asian contract price (ACP) increased from $52/tonne in 2005 to $135/tonne in 2006, but the gap...

Coal tar: production bumps up slightly. [2 tables in original article].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Coal tar output in 2006 rose 1% year on year to 1,600,000 tonnes in 2006 due to increased production of crude steel. However, tar distillation is expected to decline 1% to 1,700,000...

Pitch: demand down despite electrode use.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Pitch output in Jan-Oct 2006 declined 2% year on year to 206,000 tonnes, while Japanese demand dropped 4% to 121,700 tonnes. Shipments of pitch for electrode application increased...

Creosote oil: carbon black sector boosts market.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Japan's output for creosote oil rose 1% to 762,000 tonnes during Jan-Oct 2006, while demand surged 2% year on year. Carbon black output made up almost 90% of the Japanese demand for...

95% naphthalene: derivatives shutdowns hit demand. [1 table in original article].
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Shutdowns of phthalic anhydride plants were largely responsible for the decline in production and domestic demand of 95% naphthalene in Jan-Oct 2006. Output for the period declined...

Chemical production in Oct 2006.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) A table lists Japanese chemical production in Oct 2006 as compiled by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Output is discussed for ammonia and its derivatives; phosphatic,...

Eisai to apply for approval of three new drugs.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Eisai Co hopes to apply for overseas approval during fiscal 2007 ending 31 Mar 2007 of three new drugs, namely obesity drug KES524 in Japan; anticancer drug E7389 in the USA; and...

Eisai developing two angiogenesis inhibitors for cancer treatments.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Eisai Co has commenced clinical testing in Japan and overseas on two angiogenesis inhibitors for cancer treatment, E7820 and E7080. The new drug candidates work to stop cancer cells...

AIST eyes compact hydrogen generator for fuel cells.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) intends to develop portable hydrogen generator for fuel cells, which will have a capacity of over 150...

Ono makes progress in developing antibody drugs to treat cancer.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Ono Pharmaceutical has reached the phase 1 clinical trial in the USA for ONO-4538, a completely human anti-PD-1 antibody to treat cancer. The company is working in conjunction with...

New material promising for thermoelectric conversion.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) A new kind of cobalt oxide that demonstrates thermoelectric conversion qualities over various temperature levels has been developed by a group of researchers at Waseda University...

IBL licenses antibodies for Alzheimer's to US company.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Intellect Neuroscience, a New York, USA based biotechnology company, has secured the worldwide rights to manufacture, develop and commercialize two beta-amyloid specific, humanized...

US sales begin of reagent for gene functional analysis.
January 25, 2007... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Ishihara Sangyo has begun marketing its hemagglutinating virus of Japan (HVJ) envelop vector for gene functional analysis in the USA. The reagent, marketed under the GenomOne trade...