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3 unusual facts about Ciba Specialty Chemicals


Angiotensin

Angiotensin was independently isolated in Indianapolis and Argentina in the late 1930s (as 'angiotonin' and 'hypertensin', respectively) and subsequently characterised and synthesized by groups at the Cleveland Clinic and Ciba laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.

John Bosley Ziegler

John Bosley Ziegler, John Ziegler, Montana Jack, (circa 1920 - 1983) was an American physician who originally developed the anabolic steroid Methandrostenolone (Dianabol, DBOL) which was released in the USA in 1958 by Ciba.

Newport, Delaware

Newport has several several small industries within it borders, including a Ciba Corporation pigment manufacturing plant.


Atul Limited

Soon after its inception, Atul established three joint venture companies with the then leading multi-national companies in the world, namely, Cyanamid India Ltd (1947) with American Cyanamid, Atic Industries Ltd (1955) with Imperial Chemical Industries plc and Cibatul Ltd (1960) with Ciba-Geigy Ltd.

Huningue

companies have factories in Huningue, mainly Swiss firms such as Novartis, Ciba, Clariant, Hoffmann-La Roche, Weleda etc.


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