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Volume 88, Issue 27
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Volume 88, Issue 27
FACTS & FIGURES
The fortunes of the chemical industry continued to decline in 2009 while the recovery took its time
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July 5, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 27
July 5, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 27
The fortunes of the chemical industry continued to decline in 2009 while the recovery took its time
(p.33)
Features
Government & Policy
Energy Department’s Undersecretary of Science talks about laying the groundwork for a clean-energy revolution (pp. 17-20)
Science & Technology
Cobalt water-oxidation catalysts benefit from federal initiatives to harness solar power to make fuel (pp. 26-28)
Cover Story: Facts & Figures Of The Chemical Industry
Industry Adapts To Era Of Low Demand
Chemical firms cut costs and lowered expectations during a rough year for finances
(pp. 34-49)Industry Slashes Thousands Of Jobs
Employment shrank significantly in Europe and the U.S. but held steady in Japan
(pp. 50-53)Output Declines In U.S., Europe
The recession dragged down chemical production in most regions, but Taiwan and China showed strength
(pp. 54-62)Economic Downturn Hobbles Commerce
Chemical trade among most regions dropped significantly in 2009 as overall demand plunged
(pp. 64-67)News of the Week
Pores Galore
Materials: Lengthening organic section of hybrid materials gives compounds with record-breaking properties
(p.5)Chemicals Star At Biotech Congress
Industrial Biotechnology: Firms tout progress toward cost-competitive renewable chemicals
(p.6)High Court Rules On Patent Case
Innovation: Justices reject a rigid
test for evaluating patentability of method claims
(p.6)Crop Protection Acquisition
Expansion: Makhteshim Agan will spend more than $1 billion to buy off-patent crop protection chemicals maker Albaugh
(p.7)Doubtful Future For Energy Bill
Politics: Senators meet with President, but show little interest in climate legislation
(p.8)Targeting Disease
Drug Discovery: Natural products may not be the best place to look for small molecules to treat human ailments
(p.8)J&J Teams With Koch Institute
Alliance: Five-year pact will focus on cancer biology and diagnostics development
(p.9)Slowing Antibiotic Resistance
Health: FDA urges halt to nontherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock, poultry
(p.9)Departments
Business
Because of the country’s strict definition of innovation, major drug firms struggle to win patent protection there
(pp. 12-13)
Belgium’s Taminco expands by scooping up amine-related assets around the world
(pp. 14-15)
Chemical firms cut costs and lowered expectations during a rough year for finances
(pp. 34-49)
Employment shrank significantly in Europe and the U.S. but held steady in Japan
(pp. 50-53)
The recession dragged down chemical production in most regions, but Taiwan and China showed strength
(pp. 54-62)
Chemical trade among most regions dropped significantly in 2009 as overall demand plunged
(pp. 64-67)
The fortunes of the chemical industry continued to decline in 2009 while the recovery took its time
(p.33)Concentrates
(pp. 10-11)
(pp. 10-11)- Dow, Mitsui In Cl2 Pact
- Shin-Etsu Makes First Major China Investment
- Lanxess To Expand Butyl Rubber Capacity
- Univar Files For An Initial Public Offering
- Teijin Launches Plan For Carbon Fiber
- Arkema And SolVin Separate In Vinyl
- New Chiefs Named At Biogen, Exelixis
- Pirates Hijack Ethylene Glycol Ship
- AstraZeneca Compounds Get Malaria Screening
- Gilead To Acquire CGI Pharmaceuticals
- Gilead To Close R&D Labs In Durham, N.C.
- Sanofi Will Acquire Biotech Firm TargeGen
- Celgene Will Acquire Oncology Firm Abraxis
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Students will head to Tokyo to compete in international chemistry competition
(p.69)
ACS News: Agreement aims to increase collaboration between chemists in US and China
(p.69)
Government & Policy
Energy Department’s Undersecretary of Science talks about laying the groundwork for a clean-energy revolution
(pp. 17-20)
House subcommittee examines how government can help commercialize basic research
(p.23)
Experts call for long-term monitoring, coordination to address human health effects of BP oil spill
(pp. 21-22)
Science & Technology
Biosynthesis: ATP-independent pathway could be used to tailor natural products for use as drugs
(p.25)
Spectroscopy: Techniques borrowed from solid-state NMR sharpen proteins' broadened spectral lines
(p.25)
Cobalt water-oxidation catalysts benefit from federal initiatives to harness solar power to make fuel
(pp. 26-28)
Molecule that is linked to alzheimer’s might do more than just cause disease
(pp. 29-30)
Environmental Pollutants: Researchers determine why two closely related airborne pollutants harbor divergent genotoxicity
(p.24)