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Copyright © 2006 American Chemical Society
August 21, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 34
Volume 84, Issue 34
R&D INSHANGHAI
Chemical and drug companies rush to set up corporate laboratories, straining the availability of qualified scientists
Credit: Photo by Jean-FrancoisTremblay, C&EN
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August 21, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 34
August 21, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 34
Chemical and drug companies rush to set up corporate laboratories, straining the availability of qualified scientists
(pp. 15-22)
Features
News of the Week
Retaining Efficacy Against Evasive HIV
Darunavir analog to AIDS-virus shapeshifters: Resistance may be futile
(p.9)Congress To Probe Oil Field Shutdown
Hearing in September will examine BP's management at Prudhoe Bay
(p.10)Dell Recalls Lithium Batteries
Energy-packed chemical reaction can lead to fire under certain conditions
(p.11)Nature Inspires Building Design
Home for new biomedical institute in China will feature attributes of cells
(p.11)Avian Influenza: A Hole In One
Cavity in N1 enzyme of H5N1 flu virus could be exploited for new flu drugs
(p.12)Plavix Debacle
Gaps in a patent settlement open door for Apotex to launch generic version of drug
(p.12)Departments
Business
Most firms show increases, but total growth was just 0.4% at 24 companies
(pp. 27-31)
U.S. drug majors offered steady second-quarter results, despite shake-up in cholesterol market
(pp. 32-33)
Larger companies continue to feel the pressure to bring new drugs to market
(pp. 34-35)
Chemical and drug companies rush to set up corporate laboratories, straining the availability of qualified scientists
(pp. 15-22)Concentrates
(pp. 23-24)
(pp. 23-24)- Monsanto is buying Delta & Pine Land
- Lyondell buys refinery share
- DuPont builds sulfuric plant
- Dixie Chemical gets investor
- Partners ready biodegradable paper cup
- Lanxess rubber employs Materia catalysts
- Dow Corning invests in holography
- Huntsman Corp.will restart cracker ...
- ... and expand pigment plant
- Showa Denko hikes nanofiber
- Chinese agency sheds light on deadly accident
- Pfizer CEO picks new team
- Ciba slates job reductions
- Schering-Plough, Novartis expand an asthma pact
- Chemical prices rise again
- Novozymes will acquire GroPep
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Summer program lets elementary school students be scientists and inventors for a week
(p.53)
Government & Policy
Retiring House Republican Sherwood L. Boehlert reflects on his support for science, environment
(pp. 37-41)
National Science Board panel begins work on action plan to boost science education
(p.42)
Some environmentalists believe nuclear power must be one option to combat catastrophic climate change
(p.43)Education
Biennial conference spotlights communication, demonstrations, and food science
(pp. 50-51)
Science & Technology
Like chemical elements, nanoparticles of distinct types combine in definite proportions
(pp. 45-46)
Italian levulinic acid facility is first to make targeted biomass-based chemical feedstocks
(p.47)
Once thought to be simply tissue matrix, chondroitin sulfate is now shown to encode function
(p.48)