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Volume 86, Number 16: April 21, 2008
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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
Lab-To-Market Connection
Specialty chemical companiestry to ward off commoditization of their products with a mix of marketing, formulation, and basic R&D.
News of the Week
Size-Selective Acid Catalysis
Framework pores control substrate access to exposed metal ions.
AstraZeneca And Ranbaxy Settle Suit
Nexium agreement still has to get past regulators
Toxicity Reexamined
Critics say new EPA policy opens more opportunities for agencies' input.
A Fast Track To Green Gasoline
Catalytic pyrolysis turns cellulose into fuel components in just one step.
Codexis Going Public
Biocatalyst developer files for initial public offering of $100 million, but there are risks.
Bisphenol A Called Mostly Safe
Draft report sees some concern for infants, children.
Sugar Link Calms Inflammation
Modified antibody could underpin better autoimmune therapies.
Balancing The Safety Board
CSB head wants to diversify board membershipCSB head wants to diversify board membership.
Evolution Of Rose Aroma Explained
Mutation produces enzyme that makes scent production efficient.
» Business
April 21, 2008
Moving Forward By Bending Backward
Basell's acquisition of Lyondell is bringing the polyolefins maker new feedstocks and new businesses.
Supplying Drugs To The World's Poor
WTO process enables poor countries to get patented drugs at reduced prices, but it's seldom used.
Business Concentrates
- More R&D for Shanghai
- Rohm and Haas enters Saudi acrylic project
- German solar wafer factory starts up
- BASF postpones move on coal gasification
- Germany's CABB buys Indian rival
- Albemarle will acquire mercury control firm
- Dow, Indian company plan chloromethanes
- French chemical makers pursue carbon credits
- DSM boosts Dyneema
- Lilly to cut jobs in manufacturing
- Roche will acquire Piramed Pharma
- Merck Serono adds U.S. research Jobs
- Pfizer licenses therapeutic vaccine
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
April 21, 2008
Patent Dispute
Feds mull appeal of ruling that favors pharmaceutical sector.
Nano TV Series Debuts
States may have to step into breach while legal battle continues over EPA rule.
Government & Policy Concentrates
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» Science & Technology
April 21, 2008
Chemistry Gumbo A La New Orleans
ACS Meeting News: Highlights include antimicrobials from alligators, mimicking switchability of sea cucumber skin, and more.
Multilayer Metal-Organic Films Go 3-D
Metal-ligand coordination and π–π interactions provide unprecedented structure to layered molecular assemblies.
C&EN Talks With: Thomas Cech
In relinquishing the helm at HHMI, Nobel prize-winning biochemist will return to research and teaching roots.
New Products
New and notable in the chemical industry.
