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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)EPA Acts On Fluoride
Regulations: Agency moves to reduce children’s exposure to fluoride
(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
Researchers take a new look at an old problem
(pp. 20-21)
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)Concentrates(pp. 32-33)
(pp. 32-33)Newscripts
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