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December 3, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 49
COVER: Novartis researcher prepares a standard reference solution at the company’s St. Johann site in Basel, Switzerland.
Volume 85, Issue 49
A MIXED YEAR FOR PHARMA
Firms invent new strategies to deflect generic competition and stem growing safety concerns
COVER: Novartis researcher prepares a standard reference solution at the company’s St. Johann site in Basel, Switzerland.
Credit: Novartis
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December 3, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 49
December 3, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 49
Firms invent new strategies to deflect generic competition and stem growing safety concerns
(pp. 13-24)
Features
Government & Policy
Global warming, ever-expanding energy demand pave way for new lighting technologies (pp. 46-51)
Science & Technology
Simplest alcohol shows promise as a feedstock and fuel (pp. 55-59)
Cover Story: Pharma Adapts
Drug Companies Cut Costs
In the midst of rapidly changing global markets, firms aggressively reduce spending to protect profitability
(pp. 30-32)Empowering FDA
A new law gives more powers to the regulatory agency and will impact the drug industry for years
(pp. 33-35)News of the Week
Probing Large Protein Systems
Approach yields first detailed analysis of 456-protein nuclear pore complex
(p.11)China Releases New Cleanup Plan
Government expects to spend close to $200 billion over three years
(p.12)Dow And Gazprom
Venture with Russian natural gas producer is Dow's latest bid for low-cost feedstocks and access to emerging markets.
(p.13)EPA Rebuked
Congress asks for more analysis of proposal for burning hazardous waste as fuel
(p.13)Getting Close To Venus
Venus Express spacecraft tracks escaping ions, lightning on Earth's twin
(p.14)Diamond's Surface Conductivity
Charge transfer to aqueous redox couple may explain unusual surface properties
(p.15)Green Chill
EPA partnership encourages use of new refrigerants and prevention of leaks
(p.15)Departments
Business
Petrochemical meeting in Argentina puts alternative feedstocks on the agenda
(pp. 40-41)
C&EN's resident curmudgeon recalls the fun of mergers and acquisitions
(p.44)
In the midst of rapidly changing global markets, firms aggressively reduce spending to protect profitability
(pp. 30-32)
A new law gives more powers to the regulatory agency and will impact the drug industry for years
(pp. 33-35)
Firms invent new strategies to deflect generic competition and stem growing safety concerns
(pp. 13-24)ACS News
Pioneers in genetics-based therapies discuss the evidence for industry's evolution
(pp. 42-43)
Job situation for 2006 chemistry graduates was not too bad, but salaries for new Ph.D.s stumbled
(pp. 73-77)
Government & Policy
Global warming, ever-expanding energy demand pave way for new lighting technologies
(pp. 46-51)
Science & Technology
Simplest alcohol shows promise as a feedstock and fuel
(pp. 55-59)
Gerhard Ertl's mapping of chemical landscapes landed him the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(pp. 60-65)
Functional near-infrared imaging shows promise as a research and clinical tool to study brain activity
(pp. 66-67)
New and notable in the chemical industry
(pp. 68-69)Newscripts
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