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May 28, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 22
Volume 90, Issue 22
As pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly use enzymatic reactions in their processes, a robust business model still eludes biocatalysis companies
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May 28, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 22
May 28, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 22
As pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly use enzymatic reactions in their processes, a robust business model still eludes biocatalysis companies
(pp. 13-18)
Features
Government & Policy
Chemical firms take their beef over rates and service to a transportation board (pp. 37-40)
Cover Story: Biocatalysis
Pharma Strives For Green Goals
Technology and metrics are major factors in drug firms’ approaches to reducing waste
(pp. 20-24)News of the Week
Leaders Set Mix Of Goals
International: G-8 Summit discussions include energy, climate, and agriculture
(p.7)A Step Forward For Quantum Dots
Nanomedicine: Researchers see no negative health effects of the tiny particles in monkeys
(p.8)DSM Will Acquire Ocean Nutrition
Supplements: Purchase advances chemical company’s position in omega-3 fatty acids
(p.8)Nanocrystal Growth Observed
Imaging: Using electron microscopy, researchers reveal mechanism of nanoparticle fusion
(p.9)Single Molecule Channels Water
Nanotechnology: Molecular tube transports water across lipid membrane
(p.10)Changing Science Teaching
Education: Students learn better from interactive methods, report says
(p.11)Departments
Business
Exit of a major supplier has lab chemical makers scrambling
(pp. 30-32)
Claims and counterclaims obscure truth in case pitting U.S. resin maker against Chinese rival
(pp. 28-29)
As pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly use enzymatic reactions in their processes, a robust business model still eludes biocatalysis companies
(pp. 13-18)
Technology and metrics are major factors in drug firms’ approaches to reducing waste
(pp. 20-24)Concentrates
(pp. 26-27)
(pp. 26-27)- DSM Invests In Dutch R&D
- Dow Wins Award In Kuwait Project Case
- Dyno Nobel Studies Louisiana Ammonia
- Albemarle Advances New Flame Retardant
- GraalBio Moves On Cellulosic Ethanol
- Arsenal Buys Another Adhesives Company
- Yara, Others Plan For Ammonium Nitrate
- Girindus Taps Marina For Oligo Technology
- Segetis, Georgia Gulf Link For Plasticizers
- Kuraray To Acquire Films Maker MonoSol
- Mitsubishi Transfers Fine Chemicals
- Takeda To Shut Down San Francisco Site
- European Firms Combat Antibiotic Resistance
- Business Roundup
ACS News
ACS members take on Capitol Hill to lobby for more federal support for research
(p.55)
Government & Policy
NIH initiative aims to partner academics with pharmaceutical companies to revive failed drug candidates
(pp. 41-43)
Chemical firms take their beef over rates and service to a transportation board
(pp. 37-40)
EPA wants some information submitted for REACH, but companies say they can’t share the information
(pp. 44-45)Education
Proposed framework for K–12 education aims for depth over breadth
(p.54)
Science & Technology
Zinc finger nickases may challenge zinc finger nucleases as genomic change agents
(pp. 52-53)Concentrates(pp. 46-47)
(pp. 46-47)- How To Salvage Rejected X-ray Crystallography Data
- Sodium-Ion Cell Goes Solid State
- Cluster Size Controls Dioxygen Binding
- New Photoresist Does Old Acid Chemistry
- Fast Enzyme Has Fatty Ancestry
- Pores Expand To Fit Proteins
- Martian Meteorites Contain Abiotic Carbon
- Easy Mass Measurement Of Viruses And Nanoparticles