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March 20, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 12
Volume 84, Issue 12
SCIENCE IN INDIA
Seasoned expatriates trickle back to help Indian pharmaceutical firms push into discovery research
Credit: Photo by Amanda Yarnell
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March 20, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 12
March 20, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 12
Seasoned expatriates trickle back to help Indian pharmaceutical firms push into discovery research
(pp. 13-14)
Features
Business
Merger of the two German firms would create company with annual sales of nearly $14 billion (p.7)
Business
The industry's heavy reliance on cholesterol-lowering drugs rippled through fourth-quarter results (pp. 26-27)
Cover Story: Building R&D For Drug Discovery
Keeping Postdocs At Home In India
A vibrant postdoc culture could invigorate India's research climate, but recruiting remains difficult
(pp. 16-17)A World Apart
Divergence of undergrad education and scientific research in India has been detrimental to both
(pp. 18-19)A Funding Evolution
Some of India's scientists find research dollars easier than ever to obtain, but inequities remain
(pp. 19-20)Indian Science Rising
India looks to vault itself onto the world's science and technology stage
(p.12)News of the Week
Germany's Merck Bids To Acquire Schering
Merger of the two German firms would create company with annual sales of nearly $14 billion
(p.7)Red Light, Green Light
Researchers edge toward understanding color determination in bioluminescence
(p.8)Watson To Acquire Drug Rival Andrx
Merger will create number three player in U.S. generics market
(p.8)Making Tamiflu
Roche will use more than 15 contractors to make active ingredient in avian flu drug
(p.10)Anticancer Natural Product Synthesized
Researchers blaze synthetic trail to the complex bent-ring alkaloid haouamine A
(p.11)Departments
Business
The industry's heavy reliance on cholesterol-lowering drugs rippled through fourth-quarter results
(pp. 26-27)
Treatments for cancer and arthritis propel sales and profits at biopharmaceutical firms
(pp. 28-29)
Start-up firm NineSigma uses Internet to match industrial clients with inventive partners
(p.30)Concentrates
(pp. 21-22)
(pp. 21-22)- DuPont cuts jobs in paint business
- Fisher expands in diagnostics
- Court cuts vitamin fines
- Clinical trial goes wrong
- Bayer has key role in new soccer ball
- AstraZeneca has pact with Naeja
- Air Products, Landec sign license deal
- Altana, Total move on sales of chemicals
- Employment slips in February
- Solvay, Akzo plead guilty
- BASF to study Engelhard books
- Fuel-cell venture formed
- Novo signs two drug pacts
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Passionate volunteers drive a successful effort to mentor low-income youth in research and in life
(pp. 49-51)
Government & Policy
Bruce Averill considers a leap from tenured chemist to government policy adviser
(pp. 34-37)
Science & Technology
High-altitude lightning is visually stunning, but is it also a player in atmospheric chemistry?
(pp. 40-41)
Mass spectrometry is helping paleontologists dig up molecular clues about prehistoric creatures
(pp. 42-43)
Chemistry departments at New Orleans universities suffer less than some, but difficulties remain
(p.44)
Seasoned expatriates trickle back to help Indian pharmaceutical firms push into discovery research
(pp. 13-14)
A vibrant postdoc culture could invigorate India's research climate, but recruiting remains difficult
(pp. 16-17)
Divergence of undergrad education and scientific research in India has been detrimental to both
(pp. 18-19)
Some of India's scientists find research dollars easier than ever to obtain, but inequities remain
(pp. 19-20)
India looks to vault itself onto the world's science and technology stage
(p.12)Career & Employment
The obstacles for deaf students to become molecular scientists are shrinking, but it's still hard
(pp. 53-56)