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December 6, 2010 Cover
Volume 88, Issue 49
COVER: Workers at Amgen's clinical manufacturing facility at the company's headquarters in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Volume 88, Issue 49
PHARMA YEAR IN REVIEW
Sailing toward the long-dreaded ‘patent cliff,’ drug firms positioned themselves for a new world of science and business in 2010
COVER: Workers at Amgen's clinical manufacturing facility at the company's headquarters in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Credit: Amgen
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December 6, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 49
December 6, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 49
Sailing toward the long-dreaded ‘patent cliff,’ drug firms positioned themselves for a new world of science and business in 2010
(pp. 14-21)
Features
Science & Technology
Researchers and food manufacturers are developing ingredients to address consumer nutritional needs (pp. 38-40)
Career & Employment
As students continue to flock to drug development, chemistry departments adapt their programs (pp. 47-49)
News of the Week
Food Safety Bill Hits A Snag
Congress: Senate passes landmark legislation, but procedural error brings more delays
(p.9)BASF, Ineos Join For Styrenics
Restructuring: Styrene-based plastics venture caps industry reorganization
(p.10)Sezen Found Guilty Of Fraud
Scientific Misconduct: Columbia University case is one of the worst for chemistry
(p.10)Europe's REACH Deadline
Some 4,300 chemicals are now registered in accord with European law
(p.11)Tuning Up For A Breakdown
Biomaterials: Acid-sensitive polymers permit tight control over degradation for in vivo drug delivery
(p.11)GSK Applauds U.K. Tax Breaks
Pharmaceuticals: Firm pins investments to a tax break on intellectual-property-generated profits
(p.12)Greenpeace Sues Chemical Firms
Corporate Spying: Environmental group accuses Dow, Sasol of stealing documents, tapping phones
(p.12)Coal Ash Spill In Tennessee Still A Problem
Environmental Disaster: High levels of arsenic linger downstream of the site of a 2008 accident
(p.13)New Rubber Beats Heat And Cold
Materials: Nanotube rubber maintains its viscoelasticity in extreme temperatures
(p.13)Departments
Business
A new DOE program is a financial lifeline for energy-storage start-ups
(pp. 24-27)
CEO Craig Rogerson discusses reorganization and postbankruptcy growth plans
(pp. 28-29)
Dow Corning and Wacker commission a large-scale basic silicones facility in China
(p.30)
Sailing toward the long-dreaded ‘patent cliff,’ drug firms positioned themselves for a new world of science and business in 2010
(pp. 14-21)ACS News
Government & Policy
Treaty governs access to materials and sharing of benefits
(pp. 34-35)
Science & Technology
Microfluidics: A novel device simulates the journey that food and oral medications take through the body
(p.36)
Researchers and food manufacturers are developing ingredients to address consumer nutritional needs
(pp. 38-40)
Chemists identify a possible first molecule in diffuse interstellar bands
(pp. 41-42)
Scientists reassess copper’s role in a reaction on aromatic rings
(pp. 43-44)Concentrates
(pp. 36-37)
(pp. 36-37)- Citrate Stabilizes Bone Apatite
- Experimental Evidence For ‘Hyperaromaticity’
- Aptamer-Graphene Combos Pull Analytic Double Duty
- Finding Fluoride Via Electron Transfer
- Metal-Methane Insertion Milestone
- Kinase’s Oscillatory Behavior Controls Cell Signaling
- Water Factors In On Amyloid And Prion Aggregation Rates
Career & Employment
As students continue to flock to drug development, chemistry departments adapt their programs
(pp. 47-49)Newscripts
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