On December 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has plans to conduct an advisory committee meeting in order to discuss the emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.

Akzo Nobel has strengthened its position in the North American hydrogen peroxide market with the acquisition of the remaining shares of Eko Peroxide. The Dutch company had originally founded Eko as a joint venture enterprise with OCI Peroxygens.

Under a joint venture agreement signed between Thermo Fisher Scientific and Innoforce, both the companies will work together to establish a biologics and steriles drug development and manufacturing facility in Hangzhou, China.

BASF’s new plant has been developed in Pontecchio Marconi, Italy and will offer its Nor technology platform to the expanding agriculture industry. The platform comprises of a range of light and thermal stabilisers which prove beneficial for plasticulture applications.

Under a strategic partnership signed between Royal DSM and Neste, DSM will help Neste to create high-performance sustainable polymers in order to reduce the carbon footprints of its own products and also support the circular economy transition.

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine in order to combat the global pandemic. The first doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer-Biontech will be available to the UK immediately.

CPhI’s new report predicts a positive outlook for the pharma manufacturing supply chain in 2021 and highlights that the most immediate trend will be to witness some degree of ‘vaccine nationalism’ in the background of the initial stage of global Covid-19 vaccines roll-out before scale-up is achieved.

Clariant is in the process of transforming its portfolio into a higher-value specialty one by focusing on its core business areas – Care Chemicals, Catalysis and Natural Resources. The company will also rightsize its regional organisations and service units in order to avoid remnant cost.

Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business has been awarded its first ever green hydrogen Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the landmark Arrowsmith Hydrogen Project, which will become Australia’s largest commercial-scale green hydrogen complex.

GEA has supplied its Consigma 4.0 equipment to Janssen Belgium which has enabled the pharma company to redefine the future pharmaceutical supply chain. The solution also played a vital role in the firm’s recent recognition of the Foya award.