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Ark Therapeutics is to raise £6.1m in a share placing to fund the development of its early-stage pharmaceuticals.
18-Dec-2006


Fibres Worldwide, the Grimsby-based fibres manufacturer with 170 staff, is to be bought out of administration by China National Bluestar Corporation.
14-Dec-2006


Cognetas is planning to sell Azelis, the Italian chemicals distributor that owns Runcorn-based Chance & Hunt, to 3i for £212m.
13-Dec-2006


RPM International of the US has acquired The Dane Group, the Manchester-based pigments manufacturer, for £11m.
12-Dec-2006


GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire Domantis, the Cambridge-based biotechnology research company, for £230m.
11-Dec-2006


Inpharmatica, the drug discovery company with 30 staff in Cambridge and London, is to be acquired by the BioFocus division of Galapagos for £8.4m.
08-Dec-2006


Equazen Nutraceuticals, the London-based supplements supplier, has been acquired by Galencia of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.
06-Dec-2006


Croda has won approval to build a two-storey extension to the laboratory at its dietary supplements and veterinary products factory in Leek.
06-Dec-2006


Ecolab is to set up a call centre for its pest elimination division in Caerphilly, with the creation of 55 jobs.
05-Dec-2006


Intertek has acquired Alta Analytical Laboratory Corporation, the US pharmaceutical testing company, for £13m.
05-Dec-2006


Servier of France is considering plans to set up a pharmaceuticals research centre near Slough, with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
04-Dec-2006


Biofusion has raised £7.7m in a share placing, and has also announced a deal with Cardiff University to commercialise research-generated IP and to expand into non-life science research.
01-Dec-2006


The Specials Laboratory is planning to expand the workforce at its Northumberland-based pharmaceuticals business from 120 to 145 and set up an extra 7,000 sq ft of office space.
30-Nov-2006


Unilever is to expand its deodorants research and development centre at Seacroft in Leeds in 2007, with the creation of 28 jobs.
30-Nov-2006


Schering Health Care is to close its Burgess Hill headquarters in July 2007 with the loss of up to 130 jobs, in order to relocate to parent company Bayer's site in Newbury.
24-Nov-2006


Genetix Group has acquired Applied Imaging Corporation, the cell imaging company with 65 staff in Newcastle and the US, for £14m.
23-Nov-2006


ICI is to sell Quest, the Dutch flavours and fragrances business with 3,400 staff at sites including Ashford and Bromborough, to Givaudan of Switzerland for £1.2bn.
23-Nov-2006


Minster Pharmaceuticals is to raise £0.6m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its Essex-based drug development business.
20-Nov-2006


Vectura is to acquire Innovata, the Nottingham-based supplier of inhaler products for asthma and diabetes, for £129m.
20-Nov-2006


Himar Performance Specialties, the Bradford-based industrial chemicals company, is to be acquired by Willington for up to £1m.
13-Nov-2006


GlaxoSmithKline has announced plans to invest £60m in the expansion of its pharmaceuticals factory in Montrose over the next three years, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
10-Nov-2006


AstraZeneca is planning to double the size of its recently-acquired Cambridge Antibody Technology subsidiary by extending its research into new disease areas, with the creation of 200 jobs.
08-Nov-2006


Archimedes Pharma has acquired Link Pharmaceuticals of Horsham, West Sussex, for almost £25m.
06-Nov-2006


Kiotech International is to acquire Agil, the Reading-based supplier of animal feed additives with 11 staff, from Lawrence for £5.5m.
06-Nov-2006


Excelsyn Engineering Technology, the Newcastle-based developer of manufacturing and research facilities for the pharmaceutical industry, is planning to create 30 new jobs over the next two years.
06-Nov-2006


Byotrol is planning to raise £4.6m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its Manchester-based biocides business.
03-Nov-2006


Katoen Natie of Belgium is to set up a chemicals storage and distribution centre near the Millennium Chemicals plant on Hobson Way in North East Lincolnshire, with the creation of scores of new jobs.
03-Nov-2006


BioProgress is to acquire the US pharmaceutical trading assets of AirPharma for £4.2m, including 20 brands.
31-Oct-2006


Concateno has acquired Medscreen, the London-based provider of drug and alcohol testing services with 49 staff in Canary Wharf, 60 UK collection officers and 260 overseas contractors, for £30m.
30-Oct-2006


Vascutek, the manufacturer of fabric grafts for arteries, is planning a £5m expansion at its factory in Renfrewshire with the creation of 212 jobs over the next five years.
27-Oct-2006


Banner Chemicals is looking to relocate its chemicals storage and distribution depot and up to 25 staff from East London to make way for the 2012 Olympics, and is considering sites in Middlesbrough and Liverpool.
27-Oct-2006


Synexus Clinical Research is to acquire Clinical Research Centers of South Africa for up to £1.8m, as part of a strategy to create a multi-country clinical trials operation.
25-Oct-2006


Thomson Scientific is in negotiations to set up a 52,000 sq ft headquarters at the Johnson Building in London's Hatton Garden.
25-Oct-2006


Terra Industries, the fertiliser manufacturer with 400 staff at sites in Billingham and Bristol, has announced plans to merge with Kemira GrowHow, the Finnish company that also has about 400 UK staff.
23-Oct-2006


Minova, the Chipping Norton-based speciality chemicals company with 17 sites in ten countries, is to be acquired by Orica of Australia for £357m.
17-Oct-2006


Aesica is to acquire a pharmaceuticals factory at Ponders End in north London from Merck & Co for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 74 staff and the creation of 20 new jobs over the next few months.
11-Oct-2006


NPIL Pharma of Huddersfield has secured a £0.5m investment from Yorkshire Forward to fund the development of a new pharmaceutical process technology called SCRAM.
11-Oct-2006


Cancer Research UK and the government are to provide £35m of funding for the development of 17 new experimental drug centres across the country, in order to transform scientific discoveries into effective treatments.
10-Oct-2006


Pfizer is to acquire PowderMed, the Oxford-based DNA vaccines company, for up to £214m.
10-Oct-2006


GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire CNS, the US supplier of consumer healthcare products, for £303m.
10-Oct-2006


Acambis has sold Berna Products, the US-based distributor of oral typhoid vaccines with 15 staff, to Crucell for £9m.
03-Oct-2006


West Pharmaceutical Services is to create ten new jobs in Bodmin over the next 18 months, as part of a project to double the size of its tooling facility for closure systems and syringe components.
02-Oct-2006


Johnson Matthey is seeking permission to expand its chemicals factory in Royston, with the creation of more than 50 jobs.
29-Sep-2006


Huntsman is to sell its Teesside-based European base chemicals and polymers division to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation by the end of the year, with the transfer of about 840 jobs.
29-Sep-2006


Sinclair Pharma is to acquire Ashbourne Pharmaceuticals, the Northampton-based pharmaceuticals marketing company, for £1.3m.
28-Sep-2006


Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics has started work on the development of a new medical diagnostic tests factory at Pencoed, near Bridgend, which will replace its existing plant in Cardiff by 2010.
21-Sep-2006


Ardana has raised £11m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its Edinburgh-based pharmaceuticals business.
21-Sep-2006


Fujifilm is investing £2.5m in the expansion of its imaging colourants research and development centre in Grangemouth.
19-Sep-2006


Biocare Solutions is to raise £6.5m in a flotation on Aim later this month, to fund the expansion of its natural cleaning products business.
14-Sep-2006


Eastman Chemical has announced plans to expand production of acetate tow at its factory in Workington over the next two years, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
12-Sep-2006


Vindon Healthcare is planning to relocate to larger premises to meet rising demand for its pharmaceutical testing facilities.
07-Sep-2006


The Scottish Executive is to invest £10m at genetic medicine centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee over the next two years, including the training of staff and new equipment.
05-Sep-2006


Astex Therapeutics is looking to raise up to £25m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its Cambridge-based drug discovery business.
04-Sep-2006


Acetate Products, the acetate manufacturer with 750 staff in Derby and Coventry, is to be acquired by Celanese Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms.
31-Aug-2006


Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is to build a new £8m pharmaceutical manufacturing unit at Acre Mills, Lindley, and work is due to start in the autumn.
30-Aug-2006


Dermasalve Sciences has acquired Healthy & Essential, the Fleetwood-based distributor of skin care products, for about £1m.
30-Aug-2006


Provalis is to sell its medical diagnostics business to Bio-Metrics UK for £1.6m, and the remaining company will be placed into members' voluntary liquidation.
09-Aug-2006


Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, the Leeds-based supplier of liquid medicines with 170 staff, has undergone a £93m management buy-out from US-based Savient Pharmaceuticals.
09-Aug-2006


Lipoxen has raised £2.6m from the Serum Institute of India to fund the expansion of its London-based biopharmaceuticals business.
07-Aug-2006


PZ Cussons is to set up a new £15m shower gels factory in Manchester by 2008, and workers will transfer from its existing site.
07-Aug-2006


Cozart has acquired HL Scandinavia, the Swedish drugs testing company, for about £1m.
07-Aug-2006


Wellcome Trust is to invest £10m in the development of a stem cell research centre at the University of Cambridge.
25-Jul-2006


Paradigm Therapeutics has raised about £7m of private equity from existing investors to fund the expansion of its Cambridge-based drug discovery business.
21-Jul-2006


BBI Holdings is to acquire Qnostics, the Glasgow-based supplier of molecular quality control reagents, for an initial £0.2m.
21-Jul-2006


Inspicio is to acquire Eclipse Scientific, the Cambridgeshire-based provider of chemical and microbiological testing services, from Clearbrook Capital Partners for £47m.
19-Jul-2006


Premier Research Group has acquired Scirex Corporation, the US-based provider of outsourced clinical services to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries with offices in London and Poland, for £16m.
11-Jul-2006


Shield Medicare, the supplier of consumables to the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS, is to build a £5m facility at the Baglan Energy Park in Port Talbot, with the creation of 120 jobs.
10-Jul-2006


Curidium Medica has raised £1.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its drug discovery business.
07-Jul-2006


Penn Pharmaceutical Services is to invest £1m in the expansion of its Tredegar-based pharmaceutical outsourcing business, including new clean rooms, laboratory facilities and the creation of 30 jobs over the next two years.
07-Jul-2006


United Drug has acquired MASTA, the Leeds-based medical advisory service and vaccines distributor with 60 staff, for £15m.
06-Jul-2006


BBI Holdings has acquired Audiometrics and CDx, the Sunderland-based suppliers of blood glucose meters, for an initial £0.2m.
05-Jul-2006


Wellcome Trust has announced plans to invest £84m in the development of clinical research facilities at 11 universities, as part of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration consortium.
05-Jul-2006


Wyeth Pharmaceuticals is seeking a suitable site to open a 100,000 sq ft office between Reading and Slough.
03-Jul-2006


ICI is to sell Uniqema, the oleochemicals and surfactants manufacturer with sites in Bromborough, Wilton, continental Europe, Asia and the US, to Croda International for £410m.
30-Jun-2006


J Pickles Healthcare has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, securing the future of more than 25 jobs at its health and beauty products business in Lancashire.
28-Jun-2006


European Colour, the Stockport-based pigments supplier, is to be acquired by a newly-formed company called Pochteca for £2.6m.
23-Jun-2006


Exwold Technology, the Hartlepool-based agrochemicals company with 65 staff, has undergone a management buy-out, and has also announced the acquisition of Woking-based Crack Processing.
22-Jun-2006


BioProgress is to acquire Segix Farma, the Italian pharmaceuticals company that specialises in the anti-infective, gastrointestinal and oncology sectors, for up to £1.3m.
21-Jun-2006


ClinPhone has raised £56m in a flotation, in order to reduce debt and fund the expansion of its Nottingham-based clinical trials technology business.
21-Jun-2006


Celsis International is to acquire In Vitro Technologies, the US provider of testing products and services to the pharmaceutical industry, for £16m.
15-Jun-2006


Intercell is to expand its vaccines facility in Livingston, in order to create a 30,000 sq ft multi-purpose manufacturing unit with 15 new jobs.
14-Jun-2006


Curidium, the London-based drug discovery company, is to be acquired by Aim-listed Cielo Holdings in a £3.9m reverse takeover.
13-Jun-2006


CPS, the manufacturer of chemicals for the printing industry, is to open a new factory at the Wantage site of sister company MacDermid Autotype in July, with the creation of 20 jobs.
09-Jun-2006


Synexus Clinical Research is to combine its Wigan and Chorley operations onto one site in Bolton, and has also announced the £1m acquisition of Diagnostic Units, the Hungarian clinical trials company.
08-Jun-2006


Yule Catto has sold its Reabrook chemical products business in Derbyshire to a management buy-out for £4m, securing the future of 200 jobs.
07-Jun-2006


Linde has been told to sell its UK gas operations, in order to win EC approval for its proposed £8bn acquisition of BOC.
07-Jun-2006


Johnson Matthey is looking to spend up to £200m on acquisitions to expand its speciality chemicals business.
05-Jun-2006


AstraZeneca is planning to set up a £53m pharmaceuticals research centre in China by 2009.
29-May-2006


Tristel is to acquire Vernagene, the Bolton-based supplier of water treatment and hygiene control products, for £1m.
24-May-2006


Personal Screening has acquired Mermaid Diagnostics, the spin-out from the University of Birmingham that has developed a nicotine testing device.
23-May-2006


Albion Chemicals is to relocate its Glasgow-based chemicals business and 50 jobs to a new £8m site at Clydesmill, Cambuslang.
22-May-2006


Alliance Pharma is to acquire Caraderm, the Northern Ireland-based developer of dermatological sprays, for £0.3m.
19-May-2006


Fulcrum Pharma is setting up a new drug development office at the Heriot-Watt University Research Park in Edinburgh, with the creation of up to 12 jobs.
17-May-2006


Asterion has raised £0.4m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its Sheffield-based drug development business.
17-May-2006


Vectura and Unilever Ventures are forming a joint venture to develop prescription products through a newly-created company called PharmaKodex.
17-May-2006


Tarmac Minerals & Materials, the Stoke-on-Trent-based company with 70 staff, has been acquired by Prince Minerals of the US for about £4m.
16-May-2006


AstraZeneca is to acquire Cambridge Antibody Technology, the Cambridge-based biotechnology company with 300 staff, for £700m.
15-May-2006


GlaxoSmithKline is to create 100 new jobs at its pharmaceuticals plant in Montrose over the next few months, in order to expand production of rosiglitazone and carvedilol.
12-May-2006


Alliance Pharma has raised £2.5m in a share placing to fund the development of its Chippenham-based pharmaceuticals business.
11-May-2006


United Drug has acquired Endoscopy UK, the Forest of Dean-based medical products distributor, for £6.1m.
09-May-2006


Invitrogen Corporation, the multinational life sciences company, is to set up a £17m European headquarters at Inchinnan in Renfrewshire, securing 555 jobs and creating an additional 45.
03-May-2006


The Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is investing £27m in three new centres for integrative systems biology at the universities of Edinburgh, Nottingham and Oxford.
27-Apr-2006


The University of Wales in Bangor is investing £10m in the appointment of 50 additional teaching staff over the next four years, including the expansion of its chemistry, environmental systems and marine biology departments.
21-Apr-2006


Alchemy Laboratories, the Dundee-based manufacturer of diagnostic tests, is to be acquired by BBI for £4.5m.
19-Apr-2006


Medisys, the supplier of blood glucose testing kits, is to sell its operating business to Arkray of Japan for £24m, and will now focus on investments in biopharmaceutical and diagnostic companies.
19-Apr-2006


Allergy Therapeutics has raised £18m in a share placing to fund the development of vaccines for a number of allergies.
11-Apr-2006


Medical House is to create 75 new jobs in Sheffield over the next four years, having secured a £0.8m grant to expand the premises of its orthopaedics and drug delivery operations.
10-Apr-2006


Sciantec Analytical Services, the Thirsk-based chemical analysis laboratory with 19 staff, has merged with NRM of Bracknell to form holding company Cawood Scientific.
10-Apr-2006


Protherics, the biotechnology company developing a new treatment for sepsis, is to invest £10m in research this year.
10-Apr-2006


ICI is to sell Cimsec, the manufacturer of tile adhesives and grouts with annual sales of £14m, to Henkel of Germany for undisclosed terms.
10-Apr-2006


GlaxoSmithKline is to invest £25m at its pharmaceuticals plant in Montrose, securing the future of 250 jobs, having dropped plans to close the site.
06-Apr-2006


McBride has acquired the household liquids business of Sanmex International for £6.5m.
04-Apr-2006


Bioganix of Leominster is planning to raise £2m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the development of organic waste processing factories across the country.
04-Apr-2006


Wyeth and Scottish Enterprise are to invest £50m in medical research work in Scotland, including drug development at the universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee, and a central research centre with 50 staff in Dundee.
04-Apr-2006


Stem Cell Sciences, the Edinburgh-based biotechnology company, is planning to set up an automated cell-production facility in Cambridge and a sales office in California.
03-Apr-2006


Chroma Therapeutics has raised £30m from Nomura Phase 4 Ventures and other investors to fund the development of cancer drugs based on chromatin biology.
03-Apr-2006


Ineos Compounds is considering plans to relocate its chemicals business and up to 63 jobs from Helsby to the main Ineos site at Runcorn.
31-Mar-2006


ICI has acquired the fragrance business of US-based Shaw Mudge for undisclosed terms.
21-Mar-2006


Zanza Healthcare has secured a £0.8m finance package from the Merseyside Special Investment Fund's Mezzanine Fund and through invoice discounting from Bibbys to fund the development of its non-prescription pharmaceuticals range.
16-Mar-2006


Cytomyx Holdings is to sell its Cytomyx Limited subsidiary to Serologicals UK for £4m, in order to focus on its US-based biorepository business.
15-Mar-2006


Brecon Pharmaceuticals, the pharmaceutical services company with 280 staff, has been acquired by AmerisourceBergen of the US for £28m.
14-Mar-2006


Sinclair Pharmaceuticals is to acquire Group CS Dermatologie, the French skincare company, for £37m.
14-Mar-2006


Biotrace International has acquired the remaining 61% stake in Target Diagnostica, the Italian supplier of microbiology products, for about £0.3m.
13-Mar-2006


BOC, the industrial gases group, is to be acquired by Linde of Germany for £8bn.
07-Mar-2006


Renovo is reviving plans to raise up to £40m in a flotation to fund the development of its Manchester-based biotechnology business.
06-Mar-2006


Tepnel Life Sciences has acquired the Cambridge-based GenXTrak DNA extraction business from Whatman for undisclosed terms.
03-Mar-2006


TDG has acquired Mond, the Belgian speciality chemicals distributor, for £18m, and is now seeking further acquisitions.
02-Mar-2006


Tepnel Life Sciences is to set up a new pharmaceuticals outsourcing centre in Livingston, including a laboratory, office and storage space, with the creation of 20 jobs.
01-Mar-2006


Syntopix is planning to raise £6m in a flotation on Aim to fund the expansion of its drug development business.
27-Feb-2006


Skyepharma is planning to relocate its London headquarters from Piccadilly to a less expensive area, in order to cut costs.
21-Feb-2006


GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire the Pliva Research Institute, which has 130 staff, from Pliva of Croatia for up to £29m.
15-Feb-2006


Fulcrum Pharma is to acquire Quadramed, the West Sussex-based clinical trials regulatory consultancy, for up to £1.6m.
10-Feb-2006


Biotrace International has sold Ruskinn, its Bridgend-based life sciences business with eight staff, to management for about £1m.
10-Feb-2006


The University of Hertfordshire is planning to build a bioscience research and development centre in Welwyn Garden City, having secured a £8m grant from the East of England Development Agency.
07-Feb-2006


Harriman Chemsult, the London-based chemical industry consultancy, has been acquired by Access Intelligence for undisclosed terms.
07-Feb-2006


Johnson Matthey is to acquire Davy Process Technology, the developer of chemical process technologies with 175 staff at sites in London and Stockton-on-Tees, from Yukos International for £40m.
02-Feb-2006


Provalis is to sell most of its Provalis Healthcare division to the Kogen affiliate of Galen for about £10m, in order to focus on medical diagnostics.
02-Feb-2006


Synexus Clinical Research has acquired Skandynawskie Centrum Medyczne, the Polish pharmaceutical clinical trials company, for up to £2.3m.
01-Feb-2006


Amgen of the US is planning to expand its UK-based biotechnology operations over the next ten years, with a £100m investment at sites in Uxbridge and Cambridge.
25-Jan-2006


Eisai of Japan is planning to set up a £75m UK headquarters in Hatfield by 2008, with the creation of 500 jobs in pharmaceuticals research, clinical development and production.
25-Jan-2006


Rentokil Initial is to acquire JC Ehrlich, the US pest control company with 42 outlets in seven states, for £80m.
25-Jan-2006


Euroderm Research is to open a £4m clinical trial centre in Manchester over the next two years, and a second £2m site is also planned at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
24-Jan-2006


Cookson has sold its SCS speciality coatings business to Bunker Hill Capital for £32m.
04-Jan-2006