Back Issue
Volume 85, Number 40: October 1, 2007
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Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- ACS News
- Meetings
- Editor's Page
- The Departments

Cover Story
From Data To Drugs
Drug firms are collaborating to build an information management infrastructure to bridge discovery and development efforts.

News of the Week
Clarifying HIV Entry Process
New details of virus's embrace with cell surface.
Outrage Over Railroad Fuel Fees
Chemical industry study says freight railroads are overcharging customers.
Permit Sought For New U.S. Reactors
Construction application is first in 29 years.
Tagging Natural Products
New approach yields target information.
Bristol-Myers Squibb To Buy Biotech Firm Adnexus
Purchase for $430 million is big drug company's latest foray into large-molecule pharmaceuticals.
AIDS Vaccine Trials Halted
Lack of efficacy leads NIH and Merck to stop testing.
Neutral Diborene Is A First
Unexpected compound's boron-boron double bond confirmed by calculations.
Nations Speed Up HCFC Elimination
Ten-year acceleration comes on 20th anniversary of Montreal protocol.
MacArthur Fellows Named
A chemist is among this year's recipients of the $500,000 'genius grants'.
» Business
October 1, 2007

An Agchem Rebound
Sales in developing countries soar amid concerns about the food-biofuels balance.
C&EN Talks With Ma Jun
Tireless environmental activist seeks to nurture China's environmental conscience.
Business Concentrates 
- DSM Steps Up Reshaping
- Motiva Will Build Refining Capacity
- Sinopec And DuPont Team Up For Resin
- Dow Invests In Gasification Firm
- Solutia Sees End To Its Bankruptcy
- Syrgis Acquires Norac's Peroxides
- Total Chooses Bioplastics Partner
- AmbioPharm Opens Peptide Facility
- ChemDiv Partners With Russia, U.S.
- Chemical Prices Fall In August
- Celgene Links With Array BioPharma
- Bayer Will Add Polyols In Antwerp
- Sigma-Aldrich Hikes Fermentation Capacity
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
October 1, 2007

Banding Together To Manage Chemicals
Precedent-setting North American partnership could have international influence.
Government & Policy Concentrates
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» Science & Technology
October 1, 2007

Chemistry, Biology Cross-Fertilization
Young field provides new tools for biology, new applications for chemistry.
New Tactics For Trouncing Migraine
ACS Meeting News: Alternatives could overcome limitations of current drugs.