Chemical Business Newsbase articles from September 2008, page 7

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Importer of controlled substances; notice of application (GE Healthcare).
September 29, 2008... GE Healthcare, 3350 North Ridge Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL, USA, made application by renewal to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 18 Aug 2008 to be registered as an importer of cocaine, a basic class of controlled substance...

Manufacturer of controlled substances; notice of registration (Lin Zhi International Inc).
September 29, 2008... Lin Zhi International Inc, 687 North Pastoria Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, made application by renewal to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 28 Apr 2008 to be registered as a bulk manufacturer of the basic classes of controlled...

Importer of controlled substances; notice of registration (AllTech Associates Inc).
September 29, 2008... AllTech Associates Inc, 2051 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL, USA, made application to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 11 Mar 2008 to be registered as an importer of the basic classes of controlled substances listed in schedule...

Manufacturer of controlled substances; notice of registration (Alltech Associates Inc).
September 29, 2008... Alltech Associates Inc, 2051Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL, USA, made application to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be registered as a bulk manufacturer of the basic classes of 42 controlled substances listed in schedules I and...

Manufacturer of controlled substances; notice of registration (Siegfried (USA) Inc).
September 29, 2008... Siegfried (USA) Inc, Industrial Park Road, Pennsville, NJ, USA, made application by letter to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 15 May 2008 to be registered as a bulk manufacturer of oripavine, a basic class of controlled...

Importer of controlled substances; notice of registration (Aptuit (Allendale) Inc).
September 29, 2008... Aptuit (Allendale) Inc, 75 Commerce Drive, Allendale, NJ, USA, made application by renewal to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 19 Jun 2008 to be registered as an importer of noroxymorphone, a basic class of controlled substance...

Importer of controlled substances; notice of registration (Aptuit).
September 29, 2008... Aptuit, 10245 Hickman Mills Drive, Kansas City, MO, USA, made application by renewal to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 19 Jun 2008 to be registered as an importer of marihuana, a basic class of controlled substance listed in...

Importer of controlled substances; notice of registration (Cambrex Charles City Inc).
September 29, 2008... Cambrex Charles City Inc, 1205 11th Street, Charles City, IA, USA, made application by renewal to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 3 Jun 2008 to be registered as an importer of phenylacetone, a basic class of controlled...

Bauxilum acknowledges crisis but guarantees alumina supply: Venezuela.
September 29, 2008... Venezuela-based Bauxilum has assured that it will maintain supply of metallurgical-grade alumina to reducers Alcasa and Venalu despite being in a considerably challenging situation. Bauxilum admitted that there is a need for upgrades and...

IAI: Latin American aluminium stocks reach 239,000 tonnes at end-Aug 2008: Brazil.
September 29, 2008... The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has reported that Latin America's overall stocks of aluminium grew year-on-year from 224,000 tonnes to 239,000 tonnes at 31 Aug 2008. Month-on-month however, the stocks diminished from 262,000...

Codelco confirms Minmetals option on Gaby closed for good: Chile.
September 29, 2008... Chilean state copper producer Codelco validated that China-based Minmetals has no intention of exercising its option to purchase 25% of the Gaby mine in region II. Earlier in 2008, Codelco initiated efforts to talk Minmetals out of exercising...

Antofagasta's El Tesoro spending $75 M to up copper output by 15,000 tonnes/y: Chile.
September 29, 2008... An EIA report presented by Chile-based Antofagasta Minerals to regulatory body Conama laid out plans for a $75.0 M project to ramp up production at the company's El Tesoro mine. The project will boost the mine's output by roughly 15,000...

SQM launches $40 M exploration programme as part of $1 bn expansion: Chile.
September 29, 2008... Chile-based SQM has announced that it is working on the primary phase of a $40 M exploration project in keeping with a planned $1.0 bn expansion in 2008-2010. The non-metallic miner expects to lay out $350 M of the three-year capex in 2008....

Cerro Dominador shoots for $15 M plant expansion: Chile.
September 29, 2008... Cerro Dominador is to carry out a $15.0 M project to construct flotation circuits for treating copper sulfides, tailings and other copper-bearing materials at its Callejas Zamora site in region II, according to an EIA report presented by the...

Deer Park nears planned operating rates: Mexico.
September 29, 2008... Shell' and Mexican state oil firm Pemex's Deer Park refinery and its chemical facility in Texas are close to reaching their targeted operating rates, following their shutdown in preparation for Hurricane Ike. As of 24 Sep 2008, the refinery...

Nuclep delivers 1st P-56 structural block hull: Brazil.
September 29, 2008... Brazil's Nuclep has delivered the first of 28 structural blocks for the hull of Petrobras' P-56 oil platform to shipyard Brasfels in Brazil. Norway's Aker Kvaerner will design the hull, while Brasfels is to oversee part of the production. The...

BG expects first Poinsettia gas by end-2008, to add 9.91 M cu m/day: Trinidad & Tobago.
September 29, 2008... UK firm BG Group intends to obtain initial gas output from its Poinsettia platform in Trinidad & Tobago's North Coast Marine Area by end-2008. The Poinsettia field is anticipated to boost its gas output by 350 M standard cu ft/day (9.91 M cu...

In brief: Amelot, university ink biodiesel deal: Barbados.
September 29, 2008... Amelot Holdings' subsidiary Amelot Oil Barbados has formed an alliance with McGill University to help the firm in its plan to develop Barbados' biodiesel refining plants. Amelot Oil Barbados started test operations of a biodiesel refining...

Polus Zolto wants to buy KazakhGold.
September 29, 2008... KazakhGold (KG, Kazakhstan) hold AO GMK Kazakhaltyn. In 2007 KG mined 236,000 ounces of gold and by 2013 it is planning to produce 1 M ounces. In 2007 net profit was $19.4 M and sales were $177 M. KG reserves are 25 M ounces and the...

The Billion-Dollar Club: CW's top companies by chemical sales. [8 tables in original article].
September 29, 2008... BASF took the No 1 position at CW's annual ranking of companies by chemical sales, with a 13% chemical revenue growth to $64.6 bn. Acquisition activities and favourable currency exchange rates helped BASF gain the No 1 spot. Dow Chemical was...

Sabic cracks the top-10 club.
September 29, 2008... Sabic toppled Bayer for the No 10 position at CW's Billion-Dollar Club, with SR126.2 bn ($33.6 bn) in revenues in 2007. The 2007 acquisition of GE Plastics for $11.6 bn helped Sabic improve its No 11 ranking in 2006. The deal boosted Sabic's...

Akzo likely to move up the ranks in 2008.
September 29, 2008... AkzoNobel takes the No 19 position at CW's Billion-Dollar Club, with almost $15 bn in sales. The company is expected to improve its showing in 2008 as a result of its #8.1 bn ($16 bn) acquisition of ICI in Jan 2008. The deal contributed pro...

BOC purchase lifts Linde in gases.
September 29, 2008... Linde's 2006 acquisition of BOC helped boost the firm's position in the industrial gases industry, climbing from No 38 in 2006 to No 23 in 2007. The deal allowed Linde to become the top player in cylinder and merchant gases, and No 2 in the...

Dow curtails polyols production at Freeport.
September 29, 2008... A force majeure has been declared by Dow Chemical for all polyether polyol products produced at its site in Freeport, TX, USA due to disruptions caused by Hurricane Ike and Gustav. Ike also forced the company to separately declare a force...

Dow restarts ethylene oxide and glycol plants.
September 29, 2008... Dow Chemical is reopening its ethylene oxide (EO) and glycols plants, which were affected by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. EO and ethylene glycol sites in St Charles, LA, USA and Seadrift, TX, USA are projected to restart soon depending on...

More firms begin restarts of plants idled by hurricanes.
September 29, 2008... More companies have begun to reopen their plants, which were idled in preparation for hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Rohm and Hass' Texas plants in Lone Star, Deer Park and Bayport have resumed operations. Lone Star produces acrylic emulsions;...

Fuller's earnings slide on higher raw material costs.
September 29, 2008... HB Fuller's net income from continuing operations dropped by 24% to $21.7 M (44 cents/share) in 3Q 2008 due to escalating feedstock cost and a delay in realized selling price increases. Higher average selling prices and favourable currency...

Wal-Mart links with EDF to reduce plastic bag use.
September 29, 2008... Wal-Mart has partnered with New York-based Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to cut plastic bag use at its stores by an average of one-third by 2013 from 2008 levels. The company will offer fewer bags and promote use of reusable bags....

Tate & Lyle loses patent case.
September 29, 2008... A patent infringement case filed by Tate & Lyle versus Chinese producers and importers of its sucralose sweetener marketed under the Splenda trade name has been dismissed by a US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge. Tate & Lyle...

KMG lowers full-year 2008 expectations.
September 29, 2008... Houston-based KMG Chemicals has lowered its earnings expectations for FY ended 31 Jul 2008 by around 36% from 80 cents/share in 2007. The low earnings forecast is due to sales deficit in the company's animal health segment.

Texas Petrochemicals buys shares.
September 29, 2008... A stock repurchase programme has been approved by Texas Petrochemicals' board of directors. The programme allows the company to acquire up to $25 M in shares of common stock or around 18% of its total outstanding shares.

Germany aims to protect industry from emission trading costs.
September 29, 2008... The European Union's (EU) plan to sell greenhouse gas emission permits to industrial firms at auction during the third phase of its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2013-2020 will be challenged by Germany. The country will lobby for the...

Top Chinese official quits over milk scandal; import bans multiply.
September 29, 2008... Li Changjiang has been forced to leave his post as head of China's food and product quality agency because of the melamine milk scandal. Baby milk powder and other milk products tainted with melamine reportedly left four children dead and...

Reach pre-registration applications exceed 350,000.
September 29, 2008... The total number of pre-registration applications for the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) programme reached 352,641, according to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). The agency urges companies to study their...

EU adopts mercury export ban.
September 29, 2008... A legislation banning mercury exports from the European Union (EU) has been adopted by the European Environment Council. Effective Mar 2011, mercury no longer used by EU chlor-alkali companies is required to be placed in a safe and permanent...

Czech parliament overrules Reach veto.
September 29, 2008... The Czech parliament has overridden the veto of President Vaclav Klaus on the passage of a legislation implementing the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) programme. Based on projections by the...

A look at the leaders: CW Billion-Dollar Club. [1 table in original article].
September 29, 2008... BASF ranked No 1 in CW's exclusive ranking of chemical firms, with a 13% growth in chemical revenues in 2007 to $64.6 bn. Dow Chemical took the No 2 spot, with sales of $53.5 bn followed by Ineos with $45 bn sales. ExxonMobil,...

PPG to close several coatings and glass plants.
September 29, 2008... Several of PPG Industries' coatings and glass plants in the USA, Canada and Europe will be shuttered as part of the firm's restructuring plan aimed at generating around $100 M/y in pretax savings by end-2009. The company will take a pretax...

Air Products lowers 4Q 2008 profit forecast.
September 29, 2008... Air Products' earnings guidance for its fiscal 4Q 2008 ending 30 Sep 2009 has been adjusted from $1.37-1.42/share to $1.24-1.26/share. The lower profit forecast was attributed to a number of factors, including a fire at the company's nitrogen...

Grace files reorganization plan with bankruptcy court.
September 29, 2008... A restructuring plan has been filed by WR Grace with the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The plan, filed along with a disclosure statement, is consistent with the firm's proposed asbestos personal injury settlement. In Apr 2008, Grace agreed...

PPG agrees to buy BASF's coil and extrusion coatings unit.
September 29, 2008... PPG Industries has inked a deal to purchase BASF's coil and extrusion coatings units in North America. The acquisition will cover inventory, customer lists, patents and trade names related to the purchased products. BASF has coatings...

Genencor and Huntsman to develop bio-based textiles.
September 29, 2008... Genencor has forged a deal with Huntsman to develop a range of bio-based technologies for textile manufacture. The partnership will allow Huntsman to develop processes that enhance fabric performance as well as lessen energy and water...

Firms to invest $4 bn in Brazilian ethanol by 2013.
September 29, 2008... Companies will invest around $4 bn in sugar cane-to-ethanol projects in Brazil. A jv between Bunge and Itochu will spend $800 M on two manufacturing facilities. Bunge's mill at Santa Juliana in Brazil's Minas Gerais state will be expanded...

Lanxess stays confident of keeping its independence.
September 29, 2008... Lanxess has denied rumours that it could be the next medium-size chemical firm to be purchased following a number of recent M and A transactions in the sector. The company claims to currently have a strong balance sheet and portfolio based on...

Lanxess eyes DSM's EPDM business.
September 29, 2008... Lanxess is reportedly considering purchasing DSM's elastomers division, which includes the operations of US firm DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers. The elastomers unit posted sales of EUR 509 M ($721.5 M) in 2007. It is the third leading...

BASF to cut polystyrene production by 25% in Europe.
September 29, 2008... BASF will implement a 25% cut in polystyrene (PS) production in Europe starting 1 Oct 2008 in response to shrinking demand for standard plastic PS. Production will be curtailed at both firm's Ludwigshafen and Antwerp plants. BASF has...

Sinopec and PetroChina expand petrochemical activities.
September 29, 2008... Sinopec Group has entered into a framework agreement with the government of Henan Province, China. The deal reportedly covers a possible methanol-to-olefins project at the site of Sinopec unit Zhongyuan Petrochemical and the expansion of...

SP Chemicals to de-list from Singapore stock exchange.
September 29, 2008... SP Chemicals Holdings is urging its subsidiary SP Chemicals (Singapore) to de-list itself from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading stock exchange. A cash or an exit offer will be made by SP Chemicals Holdings to procure all the...

Chinese firm idles acrylic fibre plants.
September 29, 2008... Chinese firm Jilin Chemical Fiber has reportedly shuttered its 100,000 tonne/y and 136,000 tonne/y acrylic fibre facilities in Jilin, China for a month. The plants were temporarily closed because of low margins and decreasing demand from the...

Abu Dhabi firms plan for chemical city and Borouge 3.
September 29, 2008... WorleyParsons has been commissioned by Borealis and its Borouge jv to do preliminary front-end engineering design (FEED) work on two proposed large-scale petrochemical complexes in Abu Dhabi. The chemical industrial city Chemaweyaat will rise...

Oxea builds amines plant in China.
September 29, 2008... Oxea, an oxo products and derivatives manufacturer based in Germany, has entered into an agreement with Chinese firm Chengxing Group to establish a jv for amine production. The jv will be manufacturing amines at the Changzhou Yangtze River...

Slovnaft picks LyondellBasell's LDPE technology.
September 29, 2008... LyondellBasell's Lupotech T technology has been chosen by Slovnaft Petrochemicals for its low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit to be constructed in Bratislava, Slovakia. The 220,000 tonne/y LDPE facility is anticipated to come online in 2012.

Lummus lands propane dehydro contract in Saudi Arabia.
September 29, 2008... Lummus technology has been chosen by Ibn Rushd for a proposed propane dehydrogenation unit in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The manufacturing facility will have a propylene capacity of 650,000 tonnes/y.

Arkema to build acrylics line in France.
September 29, 2008... A 50,000 tonne/y 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate unit will be constructed by Arkema at its complex in Carling, France to meet increasing demand for the material. The line is slated to come online in autumn 2009.

Oman seeks styrene technology offers.
September 29, 2008... Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Co is accepting technology bids for an ethyl benzene-styrene complex that will be set up at its refinery in Sohar, Oman. The 220,000 tonne/y styrene facility will be fed with ethylene and benzene...

Uhde bags nitric acid deal in India.
September 29, 2008... Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co has awarded Uhde India a contract for the construction of a 300 tonne/day weak nitric acid unit in Bharuch, India. Under the contract, Uhde will supply technology and equipment as well as provide...

Gail picks polyolefin processes for Assam complex.
September 29, 2008... Gail India's jv Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd has chosen processes for the proposed Lepetkata complex in Assam, India. Ineos' Innovene process will be employed in the 220,000 tonne/y high and linear low-density polyethylene unit....

Caustic soda price increases pushed through amid shutdowns.
September 29, 2008... Contract prices of caustic soda in North America have risen in 2008, driven by low operating rates at chlor-alkali facilities. Supply has further tightened with operations of plants in Texas and the Louisiana Gulf Coast area disrupted by...

Wellman closes two production sites as part of reorganization.
September 29, 2008... Wellman has permanently ceased production at its plants in Johnsonville and Darlington, SC, USA. The closures were in line with a restructuring plan created to help Wellman exit insolvency by end-2008. Wellman closed units with 260 M lbs/y of...

Bayer MaterialScience declares force majeure at Baytown.
September 29, 2008... Bayer MaterialScience has announced force majeure on products made at its complex in Baytown, TX, USA. The force majeure covers the following products: methylene di-para-phenylene isocyanate, toluene diisocyanate, hexamethylene isocyanate,...

CW price report; prices as they stood in the week before 29 Sep 2008. [1 table, 4 figures in original article].
September 29, 2008... European prices of naphtha, ethylene and propylene rose in the week before 29 Sep 2008. Spot prices of benzene on the Gulf Coast increased to 10 cents/gallon while firming isomer prices in the fibres chain drove up prices of mixed xylenes by...

Report: industry outpaces other sectors in climate disclosure. [1 table in original article].
September 29, 2008... The chemical industry has outperformed other sectors in climate disclosure practices, particularly in emissions and efficiency data, for both Global 500 and Standard & Poor 500 groups in London-based Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) annual...

Bayer broadens its manufacturing basis for biopharmaceuticals in tobacco plants.
September 29, 2008... On 29 Sep 2008, Bayer Innovation GmbH and Kentucky Bioprocessing LLC (KBP) announced that they are collaborating to develop a facility at KBP's Owensboro plant in the US state of Kentucky for the production service of biopharmaceuticals....

Ashland announces new distributor agreement for the South African region.
September 29, 2008... Ashland Performance Materials, a division of Ashland Inc, has reached a new distribution agreement for its high-performance composites products in the South African region. Effective 1 Oct 2008, distribution firm ADD Johannesburg will...

Yara International receives investment Canada Act approval.
September 29, 2008... Yara International ASA announced on 29 Sep 2008 that it has obtained approval from the Canadian Federal Minister of Industry under the Investment Canada Act in connection with Yara's proposed acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of...

BASF raises prices for alkylamines in Europe. [1 table in original article].
September 29, 2008... BASF is raising its prices for ethyl-, propyl- and butylamine in Europe by EUR 30-300/tonne with immediate effect, because of the increased cost of handling, logistics and raw materials. A table lists specific price increases for nine...

ExxonMobil Chemical's Exxtral Performance Polyolefins specified for interiors of new Citroen Berlingo and Peugeot Partner.
September 29, 2008... ExxonMobil Chemical's Exxtral performance polyolefins have been specified for four interior components of the new Citroen Berlingo and Peugeot Partner manufactured by PSA Peugeot Citroen Group. The components include the instrument panel,...

With fresh equity injection, Fotowatio adds four solar plants to organic growth portfolio; becomes one of largest solar operators.
September 29, 2008... Within just two months of announcing a EUR 225 M investment from GE Energy Financial Services and Grupo Corporativo Landon, Fotowatio, one of Spain's largest and most successful solar companies, announced that it had acquired four solar...

Four-year follow-up results: MammoSite radiation therapy system cancer recurrence rates comparable to standard radiation therapy.
September 29, 2008... Hologic Inc has announced that a four-year analysis of the Hologic MammoSite radiation therapy system has found that breast cancer recurrence rates following the delivery of accelerated partial breast irradiation with the MammoSite system...

Rohm and Haas opens technical laboratory in Southeast Asia to support growth of leading-edge paint and coatings applications.
September 29, 2008... Rohm and Haas Company, the world's leading supplier of binder and additives used to make paints and coatings, announced the opening of its new Southeast Asia Technical Laboratory in Singapore. The laboratory supports Rohm and Haas's latest...

Rohm and Haas highlighting innovations in sustainability at Eurocoat 2008.
September 29, 2008... Rohm and Haas will again be participating in the forthcoming Eurocoat 2008 trade fair and congress to be held in Lyon from 30 Sept-2 Oct. At the Rohm and Haas stand three exciting new innovations will be highlighted that demonstrate the...

Borregaard intends to close pulp mill in Switzerland.
September 29, 2008... Orkla's Borregaard intends to close its pulp mill in Switzerland. During recent years the business has experienced financial losses, and is now in a demanding situation both regarding its cost position and market conditions. the outlook for...

Solvay invests EUR 55 million in reduced consumption and lower environmental impact of its electrolytic unit at Tavaux (F).
September 29, 2008... The Solvay Group has announced its decision to invest EUR 55 M at its Tavaux site in the Jura (France) for the conversion of part of its mercury-based electrolysis into one based on membranes. The new unit will be operational by the end of...

A quantum leap in MMA technology: Evonik Industries develops a new manufacturing process for methyl methacrylate (MMA) with Aveneer.
September 29, 2008... Evonik Industries AG has developed a new manufacturing process for methyl methacrylate (MMA) under the name Aveneer. The company's Shanghai, China, site is under construction with further developed C4 MMA technology and advancement could also...

New Givaudan ByNature range of natural culinary meat flavours.
September 29, 2008... Givaudan Flavours is launching its new ByNature programme for the European market with a series of natural culinary profiles for meat flavours. The Givaudan ByNature culinary meat range will enable manufacturers to produce authentic chicken,...

Drugs will continue to be a core business of new Meiji company.
September 29, 2008... Meiji Holdings, the new joint holding company that will be created by the merger of Meiji Seika Kaisha and Meiji Dairies Corp on 1 Apr 2009, will keep the pharma unit as one of its key businesses. The new company will seek to become a...

NanoCarrier ties up with Taiwan company for Nanoplatin.
September 29, 2008... NanoCarrier Co Ltd and Taiwan's Orient Europharma Co Ltd (OEP) have signed a business and capital partnership under which OEP will secure the exclusive rights to commercialize the anticancer drug Nanoplatin (NC-6004) in 17 countries including...

Joint research to be terminated with Kirin.
September 29, 2008... NanoCarrier will terminate a joint research deal it signed with Kirin Pharma in Jun 2006 involving the new anticancer drug candidate NC-4010. The fusion of antibodies owned by Kirin and NanoCarrier's micelle formulations, which was...

Erbitux launched by Merck Serono and Bristol-Myers.
September 29, 2008... The anti-malignant tumour agent Erbitux Injection 100 mg (cetuximab) has been unveiled by Merck Serono and Bristol Myers. The joint sales goal in the initial year of marketing is Yen 2150 M. The human/mouse chimera-type monoclonal antibody...

Astellas ties up with Maxygen to develop drugs for autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection.
September 29, 2008... Astellas Pharma and Maxygen have forged a global agreement that gives Astellas the global rights to market MAXY-4 lead candidates for all autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection. The MAXY-4 preclinical programme is aimed at developing a...

Pure pharma business model approaching the end: Mr K Masuzoe.
September 29, 2008... The pure pharma business model (type-P model), a style of business centered on R&D and standalone marketing, is nearing its end, according to Director Kenji Masuzoe of Japan Equity Research, Deutsche Securities Inc, during a monthly meeting...

Banyu to introduce new marketing system by type of disease.
September 29, 2008... A new sales/marketing system under which expert MRs will be designated in eight disease areas will be launched by Banyu Pharmaceuticals. The company will also restructure R&D, sales, marketing, and medical information units by type of disease...

Asmanex Twisthaler launched in the USA: Schering-Plough.
September 29, 2008... Asmanex Twisthaler 110 microgram (mometasone furoate inhalation powder) has been rolled out by Schering-Plough Corp. The FDA approved the once-daily corticosteroid inhaler as a maintenance treatment of asthma in kids aged 4-11 in Feb 2008....

Takeda sues Taiyo for contract manufacturing of defective products.
September 29, 2008... Taiyo Yakuhin is being sued by Takeda Pharmaceuticals for contract manufacturing defective products, specifically Takeda's antibiotic Pansporin (cefotiam). In the lawsuit filed with Osaka District Court, Takeda claims that it was forced to...