The article offers news briefs related to business enterprises. Valent Pharmaceuticals International Inc. has bought Dermik Laboratories Inc., a dermatology unit of Sanofi. Wacker Chemie has sold its silicon-based tyre-release-agent business to Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH. The propose acquisition of Janssen Animal Health BVBA by Eli Lilly & Co. has been cleared by the European Commission.