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Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society
March 16, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 11
COVER: Laura Law, a researcher at deCode Biostructures,mounts a protein crystal in an X-ray beam line prior todiffraction analysis.
Volume 87, Issue 11
PHARMACUETICAL PARTNERING
Pharmaceutical companies look for outsourcing partners all along the drug development pipeline
COVER: Laura Law, a researcher at deCode Biostructures,mounts a protein crystal in an X-ray beam line prior todiffraction analysis.
Credit: deCode Biostructures
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March 16, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 11
March 16, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 11
Pharmaceutical companies look for outsourcing partners all along the drug development pipeline
(p.11)
Features
Government & Policy
Citing antiterrorism law, Bayer pressures Chemical Safety Board to cancel public meeting on fatal accident (p.40)
Science & Technology
Nonprofits and academics work toward tests that meet the needs of the developing world (pp. 50-53)
Cover Story: Pharma Outsourcing
Greatest Hits
Case Study #2: Merck advances process development by tuning up biocatalysts with Codexis
(pp. 14-16)Handle With Care
Case Study #3: In a manufacturing pact, DSM has the right reactor for the right product from NicOx
(pp. 17-19)News of the Week
Merck To Acquire Schering-Plough
The $41 billion deal is one of three big mergers reshaping the pharmaceutical industry
(p.5)Faster-Charging Batteries
Method creates lithium-ion battery that charges and discharges in seconds
(p.6)New Life For Coal Gasification
Energy secretary reconsiders Bush-era decision to kill clean-coal project
(p.6)Dow, Rohm And Haas Settle
Revised terms pave the way for Dow's big specialty chemical acquisition
(p.9)Ozone's Health Impact
Long-term exposure to ground-level ozone heightens risk of death from lung disease
(p.9)Departments
Business
Veterans of past layoffs tell those facing the ax in the pharma industry what they can expect
(pp. 24-29)
Polypropylene isn't getting recycled nearly as much as its packaging-plastics counterparts
(pp. 30-33)
To compete, catalyst developer expands its custom manufacturing strategy
(pp. 34-35)
Suppliers to durable goods markets got slammed in late 2008, while those tied to consumable goods fared better
(pp. 36-37)
Case Study #2: Merck advances process development by tuning up biocatalysts with Codexis
(pp. 14-16)
Case Study #3: In a manufacturing pact, DSM has the right reactor for the right product from NicOx
(pp. 17-19)
Pharmaceutical companies look for outsourcing partners all along the drug development pipeline
(p.11)Concentrates
(pp. 21-22)
(pp. 21-22)- Firms Advance Biochemicals
- Eastman Chemical Cuts Costs Again
- BASF, Dow Open Novel Propylene Oxide Plant
- Western Firms Establish Asia Units
- Plastics Compounders Sign Nanotech Pacts
- Total Revamps Its Chemicals In France
- Shell, Codexis Link To Scale Up Biofuels
- DSM Opens Plant For Paint Resins
- Mitsubishi Forms New Research Center
- CF Spurns Agrium Acquisition Offer
- Proteon Inks Deal With Novartis
- Ampac Has Continuous Processing Facility
- Gilead Steps In To Buy CV Therapeutics
- MannKind Will Acquire Pfizer Insulin Plant
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Casual settings draw the public into conversations about chemistry
(pp. 63-64)
Government & Policy
Workshop explores ways to better integrate people with disabilities in academia
(pp. 44-47)
Citing antiterrorism law, Bayer pressures Chemical Safety Board to cancel public meeting on fatal accident
(p.40)Books
Alfred Bader examines his later years in a new memoir
(pp. 58-61)
Science & Technology
Nonprofits and academics work toward tests that meet the needs of the developing world
(pp. 50-53)
As the global economic downturn blankets the world, some Eastern European scientists feel the heat
(p.54)