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Volume 90, Issue 18
Volume 90, Issue 18
Leading analytical and lab instrument firms in C&EN’s ranking grow via acquisition and expansion in emerging markets
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April 30, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 18
April 30, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 18
Leading analytical and lab instrument firms in C&EN’s ranking grow via acquisition and expansion in emerging markets
(pp. 12-17)
Features
Business
A good manufacturing outlook raises demand for engineering polymers in the region (pp. 24-25)
Government & Policy
New EPA effort targets dozens of substances already on the market for in-depth scrutiny (pp. 28-30)
News of the Week
An Early Spring Rescues Earnings
First Quarter: Warm weather gives a head start to agriculture and construction sectors
(p.7)Nanomaterials In Food, Cosmetics
Policy: FDA releases draft safety guidelines, denies petition to strengthen oversight
(p.8)Sequencing An Important Epigenetic Mark
Chemical Biology: Technique locates modified cytosines in genomic DNA with single-base resolution
(p.8)Getting Rid Of Chemical Weapons
Defense Department revises schedules and estimates of cost to complete the task
(p.9)H5N1 Answers Wanted
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. asks NIH Director Francis S. Collins for details on the growing controversy
(p.9)AstraZeneca To Buy Ardea
Pharmaceuticals: Small-molecule drug firm will bring a late-stage gout treatment
(p.10)ACS Honors Legislators
Awards: 2012 Public Service Award goes to three champions of science and engineering policy
(p.11)Streamlining Tetrazine Synthesis
Organic Chemistry: Lewis acids ease synthesis of biochemical probes
(p.11)Departments
Business
Head of the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases talks about new ways of funding the development of drugs for neglected diseases
(p.26)
Contract manufacturers find new customers in biobased chemical companies
(pp. 20-22)
A good manufacturing outlook raises demand for engineering polymers in the region
(pp. 24-25)
Leading analytical and lab instrument firms in C&EN’s ranking grow via acquisition and expansion in emerging markets
(pp. 12-17)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Solvay’s Clamadieu Vows Big Earnings Jump By 2016
- BASF Buys Battery Electrolytes Maker
- ABB Helps Fund U.K. Carbon Capture Lab
- Oxiteno To Establish First U.S. Plant
- Blast Kills One At Mitsui Plant
- Butamax Embarks On Licensing Strategy
- Reliance Will Invest Big In Petrochemicals
- Virdia Opens Sugar Pilot Facility
- Generics Maker Watson To Buy Rival Actavis
- Celgene And Epizyme Sign Epigenetics Pact
- Merck Serono Will Cut Jobs, Close Facility
- Pfizer Sells Nutrition Business To Nestlé
- Amgen To Acquire Turkish Drug Firm
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Chemical safety board’s investigation of a fatal DuPont accident leads to a broader examination of ‘hot work’
(p.31)
New EPA effort targets dozens of substances already on the market for in-depth scrutiny
(pp. 28-30)
Science & Technology
Substrate analogs probe how carbohydrate polymerases install monosaccharides in correct order
(p.38)
Spectroscopic method could help identify mineral origins
(pp. 36-37)Concentrates(pp. 34-35)
(pp. 34-35)- Made-To-Measure Protein Crystals
- Methane To Methanol Directly
- Coating For Cotton Repels Oil And Water
- Toward a Predictive Model For Nanoparticle Toxicity
- Cyanobacterium Creates Uncommon Carbonate
- More Atomically Thin Materials
- Spring-Loaded Nanoparticles Sense Proteases
- Computer Design Leads To Cystic Fibrosis Drug Candidates