Archives for October 20, 2005

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West Pharma's gloomy outlook overshadows 3Q profit

By  Wai Lang Chu

Drug packaging maker West Pharmaceutical Services release its 3Q results, which indicate a rise in profits but fell short of analyst estimates, due to slow sales in some segments and high raw material and energy costs.

REACH agreement in final stages

By Kirsty Barnes

EU environment ministers met on Monday to further debate key issues related to the chemical substances review, which has become one of the fiercest political battlegrounds ever in the history of EU policy definition.