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February 13, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 7
Volume 84, Issue 7
CUSTOMCHEMICALS
As the global paradigm for the custom manufacturing business continuesto shift, providers struggle to differentiate themselves from the competition
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February 13, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 7
February 13, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 7
As the global paradigm for the custom manufacturing business continuesto shift, providers struggle to differentiate themselves from the competition
(pp. 17-27)
Features
Government & Policy
Increases in some programs are offset by losses at NIH and other agencies (p.11)
Science & Technology
Hunger for mobility energizes the battery business, drives efforts to develop longer lasting batteries (pp. 79-82)
Cover Story: Custom Chemicals
Europe Adopts GMP Regulations
Directive on Good Manufacturing Practices could help level the competitive playing field
(pp. 29-33)Outlook Remains Cautious For 2006
Jaded industry participants are wary about predicting an upturn for custom chemicals
(pp. 34-38)News of the Week
Gains And Losses Mark 2007 Budget
Increases in some programs are offset by losses at NIH and other agencies
(p.11)Structure Of A key Part Of Telomerase
Work could aid search for selective anticancer agents that target telomerase
(p.12)Breakup Planned For Akzo Nobel
Dutch firm to split off pharma unit, leaving chemicals and coatings
(p.13)Departments
Business
Printable electronics is attracting growing interest and is gearing up for commercial applications
(pp. 45-51)
Gene Logic is convincing big pharma to take another look at abandoned drugs
Some fine chemicals makers pull back, while others push ahead on commercial production
(pp. 58-61)
Directive on Good Manufacturing Practices could help level the competitive playing field
(pp. 29-33)
Jaded industry participants are wary about predicting an upturn for custom chemicals
(pp. 34-38)
As the global paradigm for the custom manufacturing business continuesto shift, providers struggle to differentiate themselves from the competition
(pp. 17-27)Concentrates
(pp. 41-42)
(pp. 41-42)- Chemical company performance improves further in Japan
- BASF, Engelhard clash again
- Pfizer ponders consumer unit
- Exxon cracker is canceled
- Microbia sets R&D with DuPont
- Omnova sees PFOA market
- Degussa moves on divestment ...
- ... and forms a silica venture
- Plastics makers eye shutdowns
- Amgen boosts capacity again
- ICI to sell Uniqema
- Bankruptcy for GlycoGenesys
- Pharming gets venture funds
- Indian buyer for German generics firm?
- Jobs inch up in January
- Degussa invests in electronics
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
New director focuses staff on bolstering U.S. competitiveness and innovation
(pp. 94-96)
Successful competitions depend on the hard work of bright students and generous volunteers
(pp. 98-99)Awards(pp. 100-103)
(pp. 100-103)- 2006 ACS National Award Winners
- Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical & Experimental Chemistry of Liquids
- Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry
- National Fresenius Award
- ACS Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society
- F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
- Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry
- J. Virgil Waggoner Wins Petrochemical Heritage Award
- MEDI Predoctoral Fellowships
- Spencer Award Goes To Don Baker
- Patterson-Crane Award To Klopman
- Colin Snape Receives Storch Award In Fuel Chemistry
Government & Policy
Workshop looks at ways to make academic chemistry department positions more inviting to women
(pp. 65-69)
Experts discuss integration of climate-change concerns into energy planning, research priorities
(pp. 70-75)
Big profits for ExxonMobil and Pfizer raise issues as many people struggle with costs of gasoline and health
(p.70)
Science & Technology
Hunger for mobility energizes the battery business, drives efforts to develop longer lasting batteries
(pp. 79-82)
Thiourea-based colorimetric sensors recognize biologically important anions in aqueous solution
(pp. 83-85)
Mass layoffs at Arizona State's Cancer Research Institute underscore conflict, politics
(pp. 86-87)
Reactive oxygen species are found to play a role in helping mice develop a sense of balance
(p.88)