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December 7, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 49
COVER: A Roche scientist assists in the production ofAvastin, a biotherapeutic approved for the treatment ofsome cancers, at the company�s biotech facility in Basel,Switzerland.
Volume 87, Issue 49
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Drug firms implement new business strategies to deflect mounting market pressures and accelerate into new geographies
COVER: A Roche scientist assists in the production ofAvastin, a biotherapeutic approved for the treatment ofsome cancers, at the company�s biotech facility in Basel,Switzerland.
Credit: Roche
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December 7, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 49
December 7, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 49
Drug firms implement new business strategies to deflect mounting market pressures and accelerate into new geographies
(pp. 13-21)
Features
Government & Policy
Chemical industry pins hopes on senate in fight over facility security (pp. 34-37)
Science & Technology
Meeting highlights how friction triggers molecular-scale changes in adhesive tape, cosmetics, and more (pp. 47-49)
News of the Week
On To Copenhagen
Climate Change: World leaders to hammer out global response to limit greenhouse gases
(p.7)ACC Bulks Up
Membership Drive: Trade group seeks smaller members as chemical industry's fortunes improve
(p.8)Screen Nets Self-Destruction Stoppers
Chemical Biology: Strategy finds selective ligands for rogue T cells
(p.8)Metalloprotein Made To Order
Bioinorganic Chemistry: Researchers construct metalloenzyme active site in another protein
(p.9)Customized Nanoparticles
Catalysis: Method endows platinum
with benefits of solid- and solution-phase catalysts
(p.10)Momentum For Chemical Control
TSCA: Senate panel examines toxic substances act, 13 states call for reform
(p.10)Departments
Business
After a painful year, company says it has the portfolio it needs for unprecedented expansion of its business
(pp. 25-26)
Scavenging shuttered chemical plants can be profitable, but not in this economy
(pp. 28-29)
Within months, the contract research firm entered a manufacturing joint venture and bought a plant
(pp. 30-31)
Drug firms implement new business strategies to deflect mounting market pressures and accelerate into new geographies
(pp. 13-21)Concentrates
(pp. 22-23)
(pp. 22-23)- Big Firms Invest In Europe
- New Head For SOCMA
- Europe’s Competition Agency
- Tetra Pak Will Buy Green Polyethylene
- SABIC, Linde Launch α‑olefins Technology
- Air Liquide Acquires Hydrogen Technology
- Covance Invests In Food Testing
- Micromet Signs Deals With Bayer And Lonza
- Pfizer Inks Gaucher’s Deal With Protalix
- Sasol Will Double Synthetic Wax
- PPG And Lignol Cooperate On Lignin
- Process R&D Institute Opens New Laboratory
- AstraZeneca Licenses Depression Therapy
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
State Department taps three prominent scientists to reach out to muslim communities
(pp. 38-39)
Science & Technology
State Department program raises awareness about lab safety and security in developing countries
(pp. 44-46)
Meeting highlights how friction triggers molecular-scale changes in adhesive tape, cosmetics, and more
(pp. 47-49)Career & Employment
Recent uptick in biology hiring could herald jobs for chemists in drug discovery
(pp. 53-56)