DSM sheds jobs in Germany
DSM's new vitamins unit is to cut nearly 300 jobs in Germany as part of a major restructuring drive designed to integrate the former Roche business.
Archives for December 23, 2003
Could broccoli consumption prevent prostate cancer?
A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study prostate cancer prevention by phytochemicals found in broccoli.
Carbolite enters UK market
A range of low-carb chocolate bars is the latest US import hoping to benefit from the popularity of the Atkins diet among the UK's diet-obsessed consumers.
Degussa sells share in salt operations
German chemicals group Degussa said today it has sold its remaining 49-per cent share in Sudsalz to SWS-Alpensalz, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke (SWS), based in Heilbronn, Germany. The divestment is part of Degussa's strategy...
Higher lycopene levels halve heart disease risk in women
Women who eat tomato products regularly may be at lower risk of heart disease, suggests a new study that has linked higher blood levels of the tomato compound lycopene to reduced risk of the chronic disease in women subjects.