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Succinic Acid Firms Strike Royalty Deal

by Alex Scott
January 18, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 3

The succinic acid maker BioAmber has agreed to pay Reverdia royalties for the right to use certain intellectual property for making the biobased chemical. Reverdia is a joint venture between DSM and Roquette. The parties aren’t disclosing the technology in question or the amount of money that will change hands. The agreement is a “constructive solution” that avoids confrontation and enables both firms to continue to use their own yeast-based routes to succinic acid, says BioAmber CEO Jean-François Huc.

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