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Volume 86, Issue 4

CUSTOM CHEMICAL

Western custom chemical companies build plants and partnerships in Asia to address their competition head on

COVER: Lonza�s plant in Guangzhou, China, is one resultof staged investments by the company

Credit: Lonza

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January 28, 2008 Issue

Volume 86, Issue 4

January 28, 2008 Issue, Vol. 86 | Iss. 4

Entering The Tiger Cage

Western custom chemical companies build plants and partnerships in Asia to address their competition head on

By Ann M. Thayer

(pp. 19-28)

Features

Government & Policy

Making Sense Of Biomonitoring

New tool for interpreting data is based on established safe doses for chemicals (pp. 52-56)

Science & Technology

Treating Sewage For Drinking Water

New California plant cleanses water to replenish supply (pp. 71-73)

Cover Story: Entering The Tiger Cage

Reaching Common Ground, Globally

Regulatory oversight doesn't mirror the shifts taking place in drug ingredient manufacturing

(pp. 29-30)

Optimism Prevails In Fine Chemicals

Signs point to a brighter business outlook, but the glass could be half empty for some custom chemicals firms

(pp. 31-36)

News of the Week

All Eyes On The Economy

A recession in the U.S. could hit chemical makers hard

(p.12)

Peeking At Reactions

NMR method visualizes hydrogenation reactions inside microreactor

(p.13)

Policing Conflicts of Interest

Report calls for NIH to do more monitoring of its grantees

(p.13)

Dow Awards Methane Challenge Grants

Northwestern and Cardiff will split $6.4 million

(p.14)

Cipla Tests Indian Patent Law

Major generics producer starts selling a Roche cancer drug

(p.15)

Graphene Ribbons

Slim carbon strips show promise as semiconductors

(p.15)

Bacterial Genome Made From Scratch

Study is milestone in assembling large DNA segments

(p.16)

Wolf Chemistry Prizes Announced

Award recognizes new field of single-molecule spectroscopy and imaging

(p.16)

Departments

Business

India Gets In The Race

Indian companies make headway in the risky drug discovery business

(pp. 41-46)

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