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January 17, 2011 Cover
Volume 89, Issue 3
COVER: A scientist prepares dried blood spot samples at Covance.
Volume 89, Issue 3
DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Dried blood spots offer advantages, but also challenges, for pharmaceutical analysis
COVER: A scientist prepares dried blood spot samples at Covance.
Credit: Covance
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January 17, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 3
January 17, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 3
Dried blood spots offer advantages, but also challenges, for pharmaceutical analysis
(pp. 13-17)
Features
Government & Policy
Energy, Environment, and Drug Safety oversight hearings are likely to dominate first session (pp. 26-31)
News of the Week
Dupont Snaps Up Danisco
Industrial Biotech: $6.3 billion deal will strengthen Dupont’s business in alternative fuels and food ingredients
(p.7)CO2 Helps Crystals Change Shape
Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Polymorphs convert under mild conditions
(p.8)Firms, Feds Blamed For Gulf Oil Spill
Investigation: Government panel faults lax oversight, poor industry practices for disaster
(p.9)Merck Will Revamp Former Schering-Plough Headquarters
Pharmaceuticals: Shift of biotech research to Kenilworth will result in 580 manufacturing job cuts
(p.9)Panel Raps Feds, Industry For Spill
Regulation: Investigation blames lax oversight, poor industry practices for disaster
(p.9)A New Feat For Gold Catalysts
Catalysis: Gold-palladium nanoparticles exclusively transform primary C–H bonds
(p.10)Europe's Dioxin Scare Widens
Food Safety: German eggs, poultry, pork are under scrutiny for contamination
(p.10)Drug Companies Poised For Growth
Outlook: Firms at J. P. Morgan conference shift conversation from restructuring to results
(p.11)Hungary's Red Mud Catastrophe Packs A Punch On Plants
Industrial Accident: Sodium salt, more than heavy metals, from the bauxite reservoir spill may hurt crops
(p.11)Departments
Business
Contract pharmaceutical chemicals maker Civentichem enjoys steady growth in the U.S. and India
(p.23)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Cleantech Venture Deals Set Record In 2010
- China’s Bluestar Buying Norway’s Elkem
- Oxford Spin-Off To Print Solar Cells
- Eastman To Sell Methanol Plant
- Showa Denko To Make LCD Cleaning Gas
- Rhodia Expands Guar Derivatives
- Linde, Air Products Start HCl Venture
- Italy’s Euticals Will Acquire Archimica
- Enlight Biosciences Creates Entrega
- Epizyme Signs With Glaxo Drug Program
- Argonne Licenses Cathodes To LG
- Lilly, Boehringer Partner In Diabetes
- Aurobindo To Sell Unit To Sinopharm
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Leaders elected and strategic issues considered at December meeting of society’s top governance body
(pp. 42-43)Awards(p.44)
(p.44)- James Bryant Conant Award In High School Chemistry Teaching
- ACS Award In Theoretical Chemistry
- E. V. Murphree Award In Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
- ACS Award For Creative Work In Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- ACS Award In Applied Polymer Science
- ACS Award For Encouraging Women Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
- Nakanishi Prize
- ACS Award In Separations Science & Technology
- Chemists Receive Presidential Honors
- Collins And Vom Saal Win Heinz Awards
- Geochemistry Award to John Tossell
- James Stevens Garners Houdry Award
- Zare And Levine Receive Bernstein Award
- Boudart Award To James Dumesic
- Public Service Award To Jeremy Berg
- Norris Award Seeks Applicants
- Gregory Stephanopoulos Wins BIO Award
- Parravano Award To Guo-Shuh Lee
- Visiting Professor Award To Richard Gross
- Special Recognition
- 2011 ACS National Award Winners
Government & Policy
Energy, Environment, and Drug Safety oversight hearings are likely to dominate first session
(pp. 26-31)Books
How some scientists can twist the facts to suit ends other than scientific truth
(pp. 38-39)
Science & Technology
Dried blood spots offer advantages, but also challenges, for pharmaceutical analysis
(pp. 13-17)
Pacifichem News: Synchrotron beams enable spectroscopists to observe the biochemistry of cells
(pp. 34-35)
Experimental, theoretical tools reveal
a new route to the eye disease
(p.36)
Water Treatment: Free-living amoebas that evade common disinfection treatments can host Legionella and other hazardous microorganisms
(p.32)