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Volume 84, Issue 27
Volume 84, Issue 27
ELIAS A.ZERHOUNI
NIH director has steered agency through congressional inquiries and paltry budget increases with bold actions to position agency for future
Credit: Photo by Peter Cutts
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July 3, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 27
July 3, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 27
NIH director has steered agency through congressional inquiries and paltry budget increases with bold actions to position agency for future
(pp. 12-17)
Features
Government & Policy
Case challenges EPA refusal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from autos (p.7)
Science & Technology
Frankfurt chemical process industries trade fair attracts increased number of exhibitors (pp. 31-34)
News of the Week
Supreme Court to Review CO2 Lawsuit
Case challenges EPA refusal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from autos
(p.7)Evolving Access
Publishers experiment with immediate open access to articles if author pays
(p.8)Pfizer Is Selling OTC Unit To J&J
Deal leaves drug giant to focus on prescription pharmaceuticals business
(p.8)MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Pliva's Saga Takes Another Turn
(p.9)Polymer Feedstock Made From Biomass
Method effectively converts fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
(p.9)NRC Approves New Enrichment Plant
Foreign-owned nuclear fuel facility would be first of its type to be built in U.S.
(p.10)Presidential Awards
Honors recognize chemical innovations that promote pollution prevention and sustainability
(p.10)Acquisitions
Swift Changes Follow Engelhard Takeover
(p.11)Mimicking Enzyme Oxidation
Dimanganese catalyst targets specific C-H bonds using molecular recognition
(p.11)Departments
Business
While Indian custom manufacturers push into the West, Degussa stakes out territory in Asia
(pp. 20-21)
Plastics makers used NPE 2006 as a forum to reveal big plans
(p.22)
Setbacks aside, Chemtura CEO still expects firm to be the best U.S. specialty company
(p.23)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Croda will acquire ICI's Uniqema
- Venture aims to manage pests
- Ticona sees TV opportunity
- German firms expand polysilicon
- Nova forms Styrenix unit
- Galapagos taps Indian chemistry
- J&J eliminates more R&D jobs...
- ... and Lilly cuts European R&D
- Air Products forms supply- chain venture
- Affymax gets Hematide partner in U.S.
- High gas costs force ammonia plant shutdown
- Chemical prices jump in May
- Pfizer drops Neurocrine deal
- Cambrex delivers drug to CuraGen
- Metabolex links with J&J unit
- Business Roundup
ACS News
International Historic Chemical Landmark marks Neil Bartlett's discovery of noble gas reactivity
(p.43)
Government & Policy
No Middle Ground In Senate Debate
(p.26)
Study suggests Homeland Security Department support a panoply of research to protect this sector
(pp. 25-27)
Evidence in Texas implies many asbestos exposure cases may also be invalid
(pp. 28-29)
NIH director has steered agency through congressional inquiries and paltry budget increases with bold actions to position agency for future
(pp. 12-17)
Science & Technology
New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise
(p.42)
Frankfurt chemical process industries trade fair attracts increased number of exhibitors
(pp. 31-34)
Frankfurt trade fair features wide range of instrumentation for process industries
(pp. 35-36)
Conference spotlights advances in mechanistic studies and in methods to predict toxicity
(pp. 37-39)
Conference shows that teachable tools, not just serendipity, can stimulate innovation
(pp. 40-41)Newscripts
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