Handtmann will be presenting modular production systems for the production of a diversified range of pet food products on a stand area of around 120 square metres in exhibition hall 5 booth 207 at Interzoo in Nuremberg from 7th to 10th May. Solutions will cover process steps from product preparation all the way through...
Analytica will once again bring the international laboratory industry together in Munich from 9 to 12 April 2024. This year, the trade fair will address more sustainability in the pharmaceutical laboratory, for example with energy-efficient devices, as well as the megatrends of artificial intelligence and data...
The Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk intends to acquire the German biotech company Cardior Pharmaceuticals for more than one billion euros. The offer provides for an upfront payment as well as additional payments upon reaching certain development and commercialisation milestones. Novo Nordisk, which has risen...
Anuga Foodtec 2024 draws a successful balance. Around 40,000 trade visitors from 133 countries came to Cologne, almost 15,000 more than at the previous event in 2022. The largest non-European visitor groups came from China, the USA, Korea, Israel and Japan. As the central platform for the global food and beverage...
Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive technology (IDT) business of Ebm-Papst. The business, which employs around 650 people, includes intelligent, integrated mechatronic systems in the protective extra-low voltage range and innovative motion control systems. These systems are used in free-...
Cognizant announced the launch of an Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab. Based in San Francisco, the lab will focus on advancing the science and practice of AI through innovation and development of intellectual property and AI-enabling technologies. With a team of researchers and developers, including AI...
In 2023, Nestlé achieved a net reduction of 13.5 percent in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to its 2018 baseline, while continuing to grow its business over the same period. This includes a reduction of more than 15.3 percent in methane emissions. The company has successfully decoupled its growth from its...
In 2023, 55 new drugs were approved by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These included 17 biopharmaceutical drugs. Rentschler Biopharma was involved in the development of four of these biopharmaceuticals, i.e. almost 25 percent of the approvals in this area....
Just one year after announcing its ambitious "Sustainability Roadmap", BASF's Monomers division is celebrating the successful certification of production sites in all regions where it is represented. With the addition of MDI production in Geismar, Louisiana/USA to the ISCC Plus and Redcert2 certified sites, the...
The Board of Directors of Sandoz announced that it will nominate Mathai Mammen, M.D., Ph.D., and Michael Rechsteiner for election to the Board at the Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2024. At the same time, Sandoz announced that Remco Steenbergen, currently a member of the Sandoz Board of Directors, will become a...
