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Copyright © 2006 American Chemical Society
October 30, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 44
Volume 84, Issue 44
BIG BIOTECHS GO SMALL
Biotechs take a more "agnostic approach" to drug discovery by expanding into small molecules
Credit: Active ingredient in Genentech's Tarceva.
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October 30, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 44
October 30, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 44
Biotechs take a more "agnostic approach" to drug discovery by expanding into small molecules
(pp. 14-20)
Features
Business
Managers of industrial development zones all over China learn to better serve foreign and domestic companies (pp. 23-28)
Government & Policy
Information from Colorado's Mountain Research Station puts the global environment into sharper focus (pp. 35-37)
News of the Week
Lonza Will Buy Cambrex Biotech Businesses
Cambrex will shrink to half its size in $460 million deal
(p.9)Probing Enzyme Function in Cells
Technique combines activity-based assays with metabolic profiling
(p.12)Departments
Business
Managers of industrial development zones all over China learn to better serve foreign and domestic companies
(pp. 23-28)
Newcomer Minakem is banking on opportunities in the market for contract APIs
(pp. 30-31)
Innovations in flavors and fragrances frequently begin along an unassuming state highway in New Jersey
(p.32)
Biotechs take a more "agnostic approach" to drug discovery by expanding into small molecules
(pp. 14-20)Concentrates
(pp. 21-22)
(pp. 21-22)- Dow invests in Thailand
- Rhodia will sell silicones business to China's BlueStar
- Millipore opens research center
- Stock offers for Innophos, Metabolix
- Ciba signs printable electronics pact
- Servier licenses a diabetes drug
- Materia receives metathesis funding
- Settlement reached in chlorine leak
- Chemical output slips in September
- Bayer will purchase Taiwan plastics maker
- DuPont acts in printing dispute
- Aptuit to acquire solid-state expert
- Curalogic picks SAFC for biotech separation services
- Business roundup
- Ciba Forms Printable Electronics Pact Landing Page
ACS News
ACS student affiliate groups offer benefits beyond the classroom, as outstanding chapters prove
(pp. 49-51)
Government & Policy
Information from Colorado's Mountain Research Station puts the global environment into sharper focus
(pp. 35-37)Education
Educators across the country are incorporating unique writing exercises into chemistry classes
(pp. 45-46)
Enormous chart figures prominently in Chicago's science-awareness event
(p.47)
Science & Technology
New polymerization techniques that reduce catalyst contamination of products could find broad industrial use
(pp. 40-41)
Powerful new evidence for existence of dark matter in the cosmos prompts speculation about its 'chemical' properties
(p.42)