Turmoil in generics brings opportunity for fine chemicals firms
Change in the finished-dose generic drug business is creating openings, albeit modest ones, for pharmaceutical ingredient makers
Turning down the temperature on ethylene production
Proof-of-concept electrochemical cell suggests a more selective, less energy-intensive route to ethylene from ethane
Strong, stable polymer can be recycled again and again
Heat or chemical treatment converts plastic back to its pure monomer repeatedly
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Third Rock-founded Cedilla launches with $56.2 million to tackle protein stability
The biotech firm will first go after tough oncology drug targets
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Confusion, lack of safety concern led to three deaths at Packaging Corporation of America mill
Crack in tank allowed flammable vapor to reach welders above
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U.S. EPA chief proposes that agency regulations rely only on publicly available data
Debate swirls around whether proposal will improve or hinder agency’s work
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C&EN talks with David Smith, supramolecular chemist and LGBTQ+ advocate
Supramolecular chemist supports LGBTQ+ scientists by talking about his personal journey
Your April 23, 2018 Issue
- Turmoil in generics brings opportunity for fine chemicals firms
- Science in Macau wins big with indirect funding from casinos
- The tricky task of marketing biomass-balanced plastics
- Novartis and Berkeley researchers team up to tackle the industry’s toughest drug targets
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GenX-related fluoroether taints water in wells near West Virginia Chemours plant
Granulated activated carbon filters remove HFPO-DA, U.S. EPA says
Mutated enzyme breaks down plastic more efficiently
Further engineering of PET-degrading enzyme could lead to commercial bioremediation process
Ancient reaction inspires method for making porous catalysts
A non-toxic variation on the ‘pharaoh’s snakes’ reaction yields high-surface-area catalysts for fuel cells
Recycling renewables
Can we close the loop on old batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels to keep valuable materials out of the trash?
Shale-based complex relying on U.S. shale gas takes shape in China
Facility would be China’s first fed exclusively by ethane
IP concerns hamper China R&D
Survey shows most foreign firms assign a secondary role to their Chinese R&D operations