Business
ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday that it has acquired a biomedical division of Akzo Nobel N.V. in The Netherlands.
Sept. 26, 1996
Sicor Inc. said Thursday that it has resolved Food and Drug Administration officials’ concerns over problems at a company facility in Irvine.
Aug. 27, 1999
Dutch chemicals group Akzo NV and E. I.
May 13, 1988
Pfizer Inc. will try to persuade doctors, investors and analysts Tuesday that its Geodon schizophrenia drug has fewer side effects than Eli Lilly & Co.’
May 7, 2001
PPG Industries Inc., the Pittsburgh-based paints and glass group, confirmed it is in talks with British coatings and fibers company Courtaulds, which had accepted a $3.77-billion offer from Dutch chemical company Akzo Nobel three weeks ago.
May 13, 1998
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Akzo Nobel, the Netherlands’ largest drug maker, said Monday that they would co-market a once-daily oral form of morphine called Avinza in the United States.
Feb. 25, 2003
Revenue from Organon Biosciences would increase the firm’s sales by half. But the deal’s debt raises concerns.
March 13, 2007
Akzo NV became the first company from any nation to receive a U.S. patent in the field of high-temperature superconductivity.
Feb. 15, 1989
Mylan Laboratories has filed suit against four of its competitors, alleging that they damaged its business by bribing federal officials for preferential treatment in the generic drug business.
June 10, 1989
Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel agreed to acquire British rival Courtaulds for $3.1 billion in a deal that would catapult it to the top of the world paint industry. * MCI Communications Corp. named Michael Rowny acting chief financial officer as of May 1, replacing Douglas Maine, who resigned a week ago to become finance chief of International Business Machines Corp.
April 21, 1998