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June 11, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 24
Volume 90, Issue 24
A growing number of companies are researching and developing pharmaceuticals tailor-made for Chinese patients
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June 11, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 24
June 11, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 24
A growing number of companies are researching and developing pharmaceuticals tailor-made for Chinese patients
(pp. 10-14)
Features
Business
With test flights behind them, airlines push for more production of biobased jet fuel (pp. 18-21)
Career & Employment
Biotech jobs are going begging because new Ph.D.s lack the industry experience that companies want (pp. 49-51)
News of the Week
First Tabletop X-Ray Laser
Optics: Lab-scale source of attosecond pulses could enable new kinds of spectroscopic, materials analyses
(p.5)ExxonMobil Plans U.S. Expansions
Petrochemicals: Company is the latest firm to announce new ethylene capacity in the U.S.
(p.6)How A Peacock Shrimp Packs A Punch
Biomaterials: Layered structure is behind animal’s resilient club
(p.6)Intellectual Property: Former WuXi PharmaTech employee convicted of theft
Court finds that drug compounds were stolen, offered for sale over the Internet
(p.7)Legislators Urge ACC To Expel Firms
Chemicals: Allegations of inaccurate data and false testimony on flame retardants prompt uproar
(p.7)Device Skates Between Oil, Water
Nanoscience: An oil-repellant coating that works underwater could lead to robots that can clean oil spills
(p.8)Little Progress In Saving The Planet
Sustainability: Ecosystems face irreversible changes if people, governments don’t act, report says
(p.8)Bee-Linked Pesticide Under Fire
Honeybee Crisis: France acts on study that shows adverse effects of a neonicotinoid on bee behavior
(p.9)Departments
Business
A growing number of companies are researching and developing pharmaceuticals tailor-made for Chinese patients
(pp. 10-14)
Europe’s chemical agency pushes for globalization of REACH, but the U.S. resists
(pp. 25-27)
FDA and fine chemicals firms come together on a user fee for generic drugs
(pp. 22-24)
With test flights behind them, airlines push for more production of biobased jet fuel
(pp. 18-21)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)
(pp. 16-17)- Chevron Phillips Mulls Petrochemical Plant In Iraq
- Konarka Files For Bankruptcy
- Cytec To Expand Carbon Fiber
- Canadian Railroad Workers End Strike
- Corning Shows Off New Flexible Glass
- Japanese Develop Biomass Rubber
- Mitsui, Sinopec Set Elastomer Venture
- Firms Collaborate On Plant-Based Plastic
- Roquette Opens French Dextrose Unit
- Partners Aim To Make Oncology Biosimilars
- Boehringer Ingelheim To Build Tech Center
- Complete Genomics Restructures
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Commissioner Kristine L. Svinicki is up for renomination and Allison M. Macfarlane is the White House choice for NRC chair
(p.34)
EPA lays out how it anticipates using computational toxicology data for regulatory decisions
(pp. 32-33)Education
More and more of the nation’s top universities bring their course work to the masses at no cost
(pp. 44-45)
Science & Technology
New solid electrolyte bypasses corrosion and durability problems of traditional dye-sensitized solar cells
(p.40)
What chemists need to know about OSHA’s new system for chemical safety information
(pp. 38-39)Concentrates(pp. 36-37)
(pp. 36-37)- IUPAC Approves Element Names
- Fetal DNA Sequencing Opens Door
- Uranium Complex Fuses CO To Make Furanones
- Depolymerized Lignin Makes A Good Solvent
- Zeolite Isomerizes Sugars With Enzymelike Mechanism
- Solvent Viscosity Tunes DNA Folding
- Benzene Chain Made Stable Enough For First Electronics Test
- Light Releases Antibacterial NO
Career & Employment
Biotech jobs are going begging because new Ph.D.s lack the industry experience that companies want
(pp. 49-51)