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Volume 91, Issue 6
Volume 91, Issue 6
Suppliers see opportunities in formulation development to grow their businesses by addressing drug delivery challenges
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February 11, 2013 Issue
Volume 91, Issue 6
February 11, 2013 Issue, Vol. 91 | Iss. 6
Suppliers see opportunities in formulation development to grow their businesses by addressing drug delivery challenges
(pp. 10-18)
Features
Business
Chemical firms cook up new recipes, but none will work for all foods and beverages (pp. 24-25)
Science & Technology
Airplane fires refocus attention on rare but serious battery hazards and ways to avoid them (pp. 33-37)
Cover Story: Custom Chemical Firms Expand Into Formulation
News of the Week
National Science Foundation Director Steps Down
Subra Suresh says an offer to lead Carnegie Mellon University prompted his decision
(p.6)Pharma Firms See A Lack Of Needed Skills
Employment: Executives say hiring is stymied by finding people with the right talents
(p.7)Prized Piperidines, Pronto
Organic Synthesis: Proton-guided route generates densely substituted heterocycles
(p.7)Boosting U.S. Exports
Free Trade: Pact with European Union would bolster chemical sector competitiveness, says industry report
(p.8)Protection From Poisonous Gold
Microbiology: Bacteria secrete a peptide to shield against the metal’s toxicity
(p.8)Bee Study Prompts Action
Environment: European Union proposes two-year ban on neonicotinoid pesticides linked to bee declines
(p.9)Gut Bacteria Free Hidden Mycotoxins From Food
Health: Current detection methods don’t look for toxin derivatives
(p.9)Departments
Business
Cambridge Major, ChemDesign, and VanDeMark, change hands at the close of 2012
(pp. 21-23)
Chemical firms cook up new recipes, but none will work for all foods and beverages
(pp. 24-25)
Suppliers see opportunities in formulation development to grow their businesses by addressing drug delivery challenges
(pp. 10-18)Concentrates
(pp. 19-20)
(pp. 19-20)- PPS Planned Via New Route
- Ferro Sells Solar Business To Heraeus
- Dow Corning And IBM Pursue Photonics
- Praxair Adds Fizz With NuCO2 Buy
- Lyondell Shelves Metathesis Project
- Monsanto Buys Assets Of Two Biotech Firms
- Europeans Launch Drug Discovery Initiative
- Lonza Realigns Itself
- Zoetis Debuts With $2.2 Billion IPO
- IFF And Evolva Scale Up ‘Natural’ Vanillin
- Merck Serono, Opexa In T-cell Therapy Deal
- Elan And Biogen Revamp MS Drug Pact
- Alnylam To Work With The Medicines Co.
- Business Roundup
ACS News
June 5-8 meeting will be held in La Crosse, Wis.
(p.49)Awards(pp. 48-49)
(pp. 48-49)- Todd Pagano Named 2012 Professor Of The Year
- Stanley Israel Award To Annemarie Ross
- ACS Members Named APS Fellows
- PRF Grantees Announced
- Southern Chemist Award To Radhakrishna Jayanty
- Call For Nominations For Inaugural Lectureships
- Pauling Medal Nominations Open
- Nominations Sought for Young Innovator Award
Awards(pp. 43-48)
(pp. 43-48)- 2013 ACS National Award Winners
- Alfred Bader Award In Bioinorganic Or Bioorganic Chemistry
- ACS Award For Encouraging Disadvantaged Students Into Careers In The Chemical Sciences
- Herbert C. Brown Award For Creative Research In Synthetic Methods
- ACS Award In Polymer Chemistry
- E. B. Hershberg Award For Important Discoveries In Medicinally Active Substances
- F. Albert Cotton Award In Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
- George C. Pimentel Award In Chemical Education
- ACS Award In Analytical Chemistry
Government & Policy
Nearly two dozen scientists and engineers receive National Medals of Science or of Technology & Innovation
(pp. 28-33)Books
Two books take very different approaches to explain the periodic table, with satisfaction to be had from each
(pp. 40-41)
Science & Technology
Nanofiltration membrane technique separates vegetable oil molecules, opening the way to their broader industrial use
(pp. 37-38)
Airplane fires refocus attention on rare but serious battery hazards and ways to avoid them
(pp. 33-37)