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January 31, 2011 Cover
Volume 89, Issue 5
COVER: SAFC, the fine chemicals arm of Sigma-Aldrich, has opened a new fermentation facility in Jerusalem to produce proteins and highly potent compunds.A plant operator uses a 200-L column to extract organic molecules from fermentation liquid broth.
Volume 89, Issue 5
CUSTOM CHEMICALS
Slowly recovering in 2010, contract manufacturers envision a path toward growth by responding to marketplace shifts
COVER: SAFC, the fine chemicals arm of Sigma-Aldrich, has opened a new fermentation facility in Jerusalem to produce proteins and highly potent compunds.A plant operator uses a 200-L column to extract organic molecules from fermentation liquid broth.
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January 31, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 5
January 31, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 5
Slowly recovering in 2010, contract manufacturers envision a path toward growth by responding to marketplace shifts
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Features
Cover Story: Custom Chemicals
Fulfilling Capacity
Despite industry-wide consolidation, pharmaceutical companies continue to offer contract manufacturing
(pp. 21-26)News of the Week
Betting On Innovation, Education
State Of The Union: Obama lays out how U.S. should adapt to a changed world
(p.7)International Year Of Chemistry Launches
Opening Ceremony: Paris hosts chemistry delegates from around the world
(p.8)Pharma Firms Clinch Deals In Oncology
Acquisitions: Purchases add to Amgen's product pipeline and expand diagnostics at Novartis
(p.8)Year Ends On High Note
Fourth Quarter: Chemical industry reports strong 2010 sales and earnings powered by economic recovery
(p.9)Catalyst Makes A Novel Switch
Catalysis: Small-molecule iron complex has mixed activity that was exclusive to nature
(p.10)EPA Ordered To Issue Boiler Rules
Air Pollution: Federal court rejects agency's plea for more time, sets February deadline
(p.10)Parallel Printing At The Nanoscale
Lithography: Simplified patterning method reproducibly yields thousands of copies
(p.11)Departments
Business
Roche’s exit cast a pall, but others claim progress in developing RNAi-based drugs
(pp. 30-33)
Despite industry-wide consolidation, pharmaceutical companies continue to offer contract manufacturing
(pp. 21-26)
Slowly recovering in 2010, contract manufacturers envision a path toward growth by responding to marketplace shifts
(p.13)
Biobased Materials: Thailand's PTT Chemical puts down $60 million on Myriant's bio-based succinic acid venture
(p.28)Concentrates
(pp. 28-29)
(pp. 28-29)- Nalco Sells Personal Care Business
- Kuraray Eyes Texas For Polyvinyl Alcohol
- Three Biofuels Firms Get USDA Backing
- AkzoNobel Invests In Brazil Pulp Market
- Manager Tipped Off Relative, Says SEC
- Dow Partners With Nature Conservancy
- DSM Invests In SkySails
- Asahi Expands Korean Acrylonitrile
- InnoCentive Debuts Molecule Challenge
- Pfizer Adds NYC To Academic Network
- Abbott Slashes More Jobs
- Hospira Drops Sodium Thiopental
- Business Roundup
ACS News
In this U.S.-embargoed country, ACS members such as Alberto Núñez-Sellés seek a greater connection to the world
(p.61)
Theme-related programming by technical divisions lends focus to ACS meetings
(p.63)Awards(p.64)
(p.64)- ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
- ACS Award For Creative Work In Fluorine Chemistry
- E. Bright Wilson Award In Spectroscopy
- Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products
- ACS Award In Organometallic Chemistry
- ACS Award In Organometallic Chemistry
- ACS Award For Creative Research & Applications Of Iodine Chemistry
- 2011 ACS National Award Winners
Government & Policy
EPA adopts new numbers to estimate risks from Dioxins, Furans, and PCBs
(pp. 42-43)Books
The art and logic of chemical synthesis as presented by a master practitioner
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Science & Technology
Plants have evolved sophisticated weaponry to battle bacterial and fungal invaders
(pp. 53-55)Concentrates(pp. 44-45)
(pp. 44-45)- Cows Aid Quest For Biofuels
- Chemical Lures For Cockroaches
- Extreme ‘Hydrogen Isotopes’ Illuminate Reaction Kinetics
- Probing Chemical Timekeeping
- A Little Tug Speeds Up Collagen Cleavage
- Nickel Complex’s Magnetic Switch
- Biohybrid Catalyst Rapidly Produces H2
- Target Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Triptolide Found