Chemical & Engineering News - Table Of Contents

	Table of Contents March 14, 2005 Volume 83, Number 11 p. 1


	2005 PRIESTLEY MEDALIST Nobelist George A. Olah is celebrated for more than 50 years of accomplishments in chemistry. COVER: Photo by Mitch Jacoby

BUYING GREAT LAKES
Crompton's $1.8 billion purchase of Great Lakes Chemical will create third-largest publicly held U.S. specialty chemical firm.

NO CLEAR SKIES
Deadlocked Senate committee effectively kills President Bush's air pollution legislation.

LUBE JOB
Cross-linking of zinc phosphate lubricant additives protects engines, model finds.

DRUG SEIZURE
FDA seizes supplies of two GlaxoSmithKline drugs amid concerns about quality.

OBITUARY
Nobel Laureate and pioneering physicist Hans Bethe, 98, has died.

DETECTING ANTHRAX
Portable Raman method detects biological agent quickly and with improved sensitivity.

EPA CHIEF
President nominates agency veteran Stephen Johnson to head EPA.

PEPTIDE DRUGS
Peptides' activity and specificity are pluses, but high R&D costs and difficult scalability remain hurdles.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Financial buyers lost traction in 2004.

INDIAN PHARMA
India faces limitations as an emerging supplier of pharmaceutical materials and services.