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Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals - 2012
Altrika, the Sheffield-based biotechnology firm, has been sold by Ilika to Adiposet for £0.1m.
31-Dec-2012
DCC Healthcare is to acquire Kent Pharma, the Ashford-based pharmaceuticals company with 304 staff, for £58m.
31-Dec-2012
Valspar is setting up a new 7,800 sq ft headquarters for its paints business at the IQ Winnersh business park near Reading.
31-Dec-2012
Scientific & Technical Gases is to set up a new £2m 10,000 sq ft manufacturing plant at a former Air Liquide site in Newcastle under Lyme by 2015, with the creation of 20 jobs.
20-Dec-2012
LondonPharma is relocating its Norwich-based drug development business to the Norwich Research Park Innovation Centre.
10-Dec-2012
TTS Pharma is to relocate its diagnostic blood test products business from Bristol to Liverpool Science Park in early 2013.
03-Dec-2012
The University of Edinburgh is planning to build a new £40m biological sciences teaching and research centre.
26-Nov-2012
Corin, the Cirencester-based orthopaedics manufacturer with 100 staff, is to be acquired by 2IL Orthopaedics of Italy for £30m.
13-Nov-2012
AFC Energy has secured a £5m European grant to build an alkaline fuel cell system at the ICL chemical plant in Grays, Essex.
08-Nov-2012
Queen's University Belfast has secured funding of £32m to set up a Centre for Experimental Medicine by 2016.
01-Nov-2012
Luxfer is to invest £13m in the expansion of its Magnesium Elektron and MEL Chemicals production plants in Greater Manchester.
29-Oct-2012
Selden has acquired the Jeyes Professional cleaning brand and will transfer production and ten jobs from Preston and Mold to Buxton.
29-Oct-2012
AstraZeneca has secured government funding of £5m to help develop a BioScience cluster at its Alderley Edge research site, in order to attract innovative pharmaceutical companies.
25-Oct-2012
Redx Pharma is to create 119 jobs at its Liverpool-based pharmaceuticals development business, as one of 130 projects to benefit from the government's £2.4bn Regional Growth Fund.
22-Oct-2012
Wiltshire Council, Trebor Developments and Wrenbridge Land have secured a £10m government grant to build a £180m life sciences business park at Porton Down, with the creation of more than 2,000 jobs over the next ten years.
22-Oct-2012
Yanco has acquired a 44,000 sq ft unit in south Liverpool for a new insecticide production facility.
22-Oct-2012
Alliance Pharma has acquired Opus Group Holdings, the distributor of skin creams and cleansers, for £8m.
22-Oct-2012
Amdipharm, the Essex-based pharmaceuticals marketing company, is to be acquired by private equity firm Cinven for £367m.
16-Oct-2012
Infinergy Technology is seeking permission to build a £16m biotechnology-based power station at Ricall Business Park in Selby, with the creation of 36 jobs.
11-Oct-2012
Victrex is to invest £90m in the development of a new PEEK polyaryletherketone production plant at its Hillhouse site in Lancashire by 2015.
04-Oct-2012
Integrated Magnetic Systems is to set up a protein production facility at the Prospect Business Centre in Dundee.
04-Oct-2012
SAFC is to set up a new powder manufacturing facility at its chemicals plant in Irvine, with the creation of 24 jobs.
27-Sep-2012
Molplex is planning to expand its Newcastle-based drug discovery automation business with a new base in Liverpool or Manchester, having secured an investment from the North West Fund.
25-Sep-2012
SNF Oil & Gas is seeking permission to set up a polyacrylamide emulsion manufacturing facility in Billingham by 2014, with the creation of 250 jobs.
17-Sep-2012
Unilever is to proceed with plans for a new £40m manufacturing and IT hub for its personal care products at Port Sunlight, with the creation of 150 jobs.
17-Sep-2012
Strathclyde Pharmaceuticals is to invest in additional facilities for its East Kilbride-based pharmaceutical wholesaling business, with the creation of 40 jobs.
13-Sep-2012
Benchmark Holdings has acquired the Novartis Animal Health vaccines factory in Braintree for undisclosed terms.
06-Sep-2012
Briar Chemicals is to invest in a new waste water treatment plant and production facility at its site in Norwich, following its acquisition by Aurelius.
04-Sep-2012
York Potash has selected a site at Dove Nest Farm near Whitby as the preferred location for a new potash mine, with the creation of up to 5,000 jobs.
03-Sep-2012
ACM Global Central Laboratory is to relocate its York-based clinical testing services business to a 14,000 sq ft office at The Edge later this year.
30-Aug-2012
Christeyns UK has expanded its detergents and chemicals business with the acquisition of a 50% stake in Klenzan, the Warrington-based food hygiene firm, for undisclosed terms.
30-Aug-2012
Medical Research Council is to provide £60m of funding for the expansion of the Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh over the next five years.
28-Aug-2012
United Drug is to acquire the clinical services businesses of Bilcare for £39m, including 195 staff in South Wales and the US.
21-Aug-2012
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is planning to set up a new 67,000 sq ft pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Paignton, with the relocation of 85 staff from three existing sites.
20-Aug-2012
Mercury Pharma, the London-based pharmaceuticals company, is to be acquired by private equity firm Cinven for £465m.
20-Aug-2012
Oxford University has agreed a deal to acquire the Park Hospital site in Headington, in order to develop a new medical science centre with four laboratories and up to 3,000 staff.
16-Aug-2012
GlaxoSmithKline has raised £172m from the sale of 25 Australian pharmaceutical brands to Aspen Pharmacare.
16-Aug-2012
ICON Development Solutions is to set up a 40,000 sq ft Centre of Excellence for Translational Medicine at the Citylabs scheme in Manchester.
09-Aug-2012
Versalis of Italy is to invest about £40m in the expansion of elastomer production capacity at its site in Grangemouth, with the creation of 20 jobs.
07-Aug-2012
Alliance Pharma has acquired three anti-malarial brands from AstraZeneca for an initial £4.2m.
02-Aug-2012
GlaxoSmithKline is to operate a new £10m medical science research centre at the Olympics testing laboratory in Harlow, with funding from the Medical Research Council and the Department of Health.
01-Aug-2012
William Sinclair is to relocate its Lincoln-based horticultural business to a new site at New Bridge Road in Ellesmere Port over the next five years, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
31-Jul-2012
The Physiological Society is to relocate its London headquarters to the 8,100 sq ft Priory Court office on Farringdon Lane.
31-Jul-2012
Huntsman is to invest £15m in the expansion of its titanium dioxide plant in Hartlepool by 2014, with the creation of 90 jobs.
31-Jul-2012
Sanofi is planning to double the 40-strong workforce at its new Flutiform asthma inhaler production line at Holmes Chapel in Cheshire over the next two years.
19-Jul-2012
Plant Impact is to relocate the headquarters of its biotechnology business from Preston to its Rothamsted research centre in Hertfordshire in September.
17-Jul-2012
GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire US-based Human Genome Sciences for £1.9bn, in order to gain new treatments for lupus, diabetes and heart disease.
17-Jul-2012
Cherwell Laboratories is planning to expand the 56-strong workforce at its Bicester-based environmental testing kits business by 20%.
16-Jul-2012
Banner Chemicals has acquired KMZ Chemicals, the Northampton-based chemicals distributor, for undisclosed terms.
04-Jul-2012
Redx Pharma is seeking government funding to set up a £11m superbug treatment research centre in Liverpool, with the creation of 119 jobs.
28-Jun-2012
Gelicity UK is planning to double the 45-strong workforce at its Flint-based skincare business this year, and will relocate to a larger 18,500 sq ft site on the Castle Industrial Estate.
28-Jun-2012
Forensic Access is to set up a new forensic science facility at Sand Hutton in North Yorkshire, and plans to double the 15-strong workforce.
28-Jun-2012
Aesica is to create 100 new jobs at its Queenborough pharmaceuticals plant on the Isle of Sheppey over the next three years.
26-Jun-2012
LifeScan is to invest £9.5m in the transfer of its blood glucose monitoring research operations to its main site in Inverness, securing 1,100 jobs and creating 19 new jobs.
25-Jun-2012
University of Liverpool is to relocate 50 infectious disease researchers to an 8,000 sq ft laboratory and office at Liverpool Science Park from July.
25-Jun-2012
Unilever is to invest £40m in the expansion of its Port Sunlight shampoo and soaps factory on Merseyside, with the creation of 150 jobs.
18-Jun-2012
Proximagen, the biotechnology firm with 40 staff in London and Cambridge, is to be acquired by US-based Upsher-Smith for at least £223m.
14-Jun-2012
GlaxoSmithKline is to buy the Toctino eczema treatment from Basilea of Switzerland for up to £200m, in order to expand its Stiefel dermatology business.
13-Jun-2012
Whitford is to relocate its Runcorn-based coatings business and about 80 staff to a four-acre site nearby in August, with the creation of ten new jobs.
06-Jun-2012
Nova Laboratories is to expand the 160-strong workforce at its Leicestershire-based pharmaceuticals business with an unspecified number of new jobs, having won approval for a new leukaemia treatment.
30-May-2012
Invest in Nottingham is in discussions with an unnamed Indian pharmaceuticals company that is considering Nottingham, Liverpool and Kent as potential locations for a new UK headquarters.
29-May-2012
Phoenix Medical Supplies is setting up an 8,000 sq ft office for its pharmaceutical wholesaling business at Priory Court in Preston Brook, Runcorn.
29-May-2012
Vitrology, the Glasgow-based biotechnology firm with 38 staff, is to be acquired by SGS of Switzerland.
22-May-2012
Arcis Biotechnology of Daresbury has acquired Altos Medical, the US developer cleaning products for hospitals, for £2.5m.
22-May-2012
Allergan is reported to be seeking a suitable location in in the Thames Valley for a new 180,000 sq ft headquarters for its pharmaceuticals business.
21-May-2012
Chime Communications has acquired a 51% stake in Harvey Walsh, the Cheshire-based provider of data services to the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS, for an initial £2.2m.
17-May-2012
GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire Cellzome, the protein research firm with sites in Cambridge and Germany, for £61m.
16-May-2012
Angel Biotechnology has acquired a 6,500 sq ft collagen manufacturing plant in Glasgow for £0.2m, in order to expand its new Angel Biomedical subsidiary.
10-May-2012
Equateq, the Isle of Lewis-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients with about 50 staff, has been acquired by BASF of Germany for undisclosed terms.
10-May-2012
Scientific & Technical Gases is to expand the 50-strong workforce at its Staffordshire-based gas manufacturing business with ten new jobs over the next year.
08-May-2012
Focus Pharmaceuticals is setting up a 34,000 sq ft warehouse at the Hindley Green business park in Wigan.
30-Apr-2012
Life Technologies is to build a new £12m biosciences production plant at its site in Glasgow by 2014, with the creation of 30 jobs.
24-Apr-2012
AstraZeneca is to acquire Ardea Biosciences, the US pharmaceuticals firm, for £782m.
23-Apr-2012
Pharmacells has bought the assets of Immunosolv, the Edinburgh-based biotechnology firm, out of liquidation.
17-Apr-2012
Protega Coatings, the West Bromwich-based industrial paints manufacturer with 42 staff, has been sold out of administration by FRP Advisory to an unnamed company.
11-Apr-2012
Cat Tech International, the North Lincolnshire-based provider of catalyst handling services, has undergone a management buy-out from Clean Harbors, with backing from Maven Capital Partners.
05-Apr-2012
Bayer CropScience has sold its 114-acre manufacturing site in Norwich, which has 260 staff, to Aurelius of Germany for undisclosed terms.
05-Apr-2012
Dechra Pharmaceuticals is to acquire Eurovet Animal Health, the Dutch veterinary pharmaceuticals supplier with a site in Cambridge, from AUV Holding for £112m.
05-Apr-2012
Ingenza is to create up to 40 jobs at its new biotech laboratory at the Roslin BioCentre in Midlothian.
03-Apr-2012
DBG has acquired TAG Medical, the Nottingham-based provider of medical equipment testing services, for undisclosed terms.
29-Mar-2012
GlaxoSmithKline is to invest £500m in the expansion of its pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the UK, including a new £350m plant at Ulverston in Cumbria, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
22-Mar-2012
Whitford has acquired a 70,000 sq ft property at Manor Park in Runcorn to expand its fluoropolymer coatings production and warehouse operations.
15-Mar-2012
Comma Oil & Chemicals, the Kent-based supplier of lubricants and additives with 215 staff, is to be acquired by Cosan Group of Brazil for £63m.
05-Mar-2012
Hale Group, the Widnes-based chemicals supplier trading as Forward Chemicals and Rexodan International, has been acquired by Zep Inc of the US for undisclosed terms.
05-Mar-2012
Moray Council has approved plans to build a £6.5m life sciences centre on the Moray College UHI campus in Elgin over the next year.
01-Mar-2012
Penn Pharma is to invest £14m in the expansion of its Gwent-based pharmaceuticals business, including a new 15,000 sq ft tablet manufacturing unit.
29-Feb-2012
Simcyp, the Sheffield-based drug development firm, has been sold by Fusion IP to Certara of the US for about £20m.
27-Feb-2012
Bayer CropScience is to invest £10m in improvements to its site in Norwich by early 2013, including waste water facilities and computer control equipment.
22-Feb-2012
P&L Systems of Knaresborough has acquired SX Environmental, the Southend-based pest control supplies firm, for undisclosed terms.
22-Feb-2012
Xceleron has been sold in a pre-pack administration to a management team, and most of the 20 jobs at its York-based pharmaceutical development business will be lost as operations are transferred to the US.
20-Feb-2012
Nexus Oncology, the Edinburgh-based cancer research firm with more than 120 staff, has been acquired by Ockham of the US for undisclosed terms.
16-Feb-2012
Liz Earle is planning to expand its cosmetics production facility at the Ryde Business Park on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of 500 jobs.
06-Feb-2012
Chime Communications is to acquire Succinct Communications, the provider of medical communications for prescription medicines, for an initial £2m.
02-Feb-2012
Biotec Services International is planning to expand the workforce at its Bridgend-based clinical trials service from 39 to 55 over the next few months, having acquired 15,000 sq ft of additional space.
31-Jan-2012
INX International of the US is to set up a 40,000 sq ft ink manufacturing unit at the Hareshill Distribution Park near Rochdale in 2013, with the relocation of 68 jobs from the Transpennine Trading Estate.
23-Jan-2012
Babraham Institute has won permission to expand its life sciences research centre in Cambridgeshire with four new research buildings, which could create up to 400 jobs.
16-Jan-2012
University of Liverpool and a number of partners have submitted plans for the development of the 70,000 sq ft Liverpool BioInnovation Centre at the proposed 2m sq ft BioCampus life sciences park.
16-Jan-2012
BioCity and the Roslin BioCentre are to set up a science hub at the 23-acre former Merck site in Airdrie, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
12-Jan-2012
Imperial College London is submitting plans for a new 1m sq ft campus at White City, including a biomedical research facility, offices and a hotel.
09-Jan-2012
Chemoxy International, the speciality chemicals manufacturer with 80 staff in Middlesbrough and Billingham, has undergone a management buy-out from Dow Chemical.
05-Jan-2012
PZ Cussons is to acquire the Fudge hair care brand from Sabre Group of Australia for £25m.
05-Jan-2012