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Volume 87, Number 11: March 16, 2009

Cover Story

Pharma Outsourcing

Pharmaceutical companies look for outsourcing partners all along the drug development pipeline.

Case Studies:

Additive Approach

Greatest Hits

Handle With Care

About The Cover

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News of the Week

Merck To Acquire Schering-Plough

The $41 billion deal is one of three big mergers reshaping the pharmaceutical industry.

Faster-Charging Batteries

Method creates lithium-ion battery that charges and discharges in seconds.

New Life For Coal Gasification

Energy secretary reconsiders Bush-era decision to kill clean-coal project.

Obama's Nod To Science

President signs orders on scientific integrity, stem cell research.

Toxic Release Inventory

Firms must provide more data, not less, according to new legislation.

Eyeing Electrons

Laser pulse enables tracking of electron distribution in reactions.

Coating Fixes Its Own Scratches

UV light helps replace broken cross-links in polyurethane.

Dow, Rohm And Haas Settle

Revised terms pave the way for Dow's big specialty chemical acquisition.

Ozone's Health Impact

Long-term exposure to ground-level ozone heightens risk of death from lung disease.

Books

A Generous Chemist With A Keen Eye

Alfred Bader examines his later years in a new memoir.

ACS News

ACS Comment

Using technology to expand access to national meeting content.

Science Cafés Hit the Spot

Casual settings draw the public into conversations about chemistry.

Light Agenda For Council In Salt Lake City

The Departments

Letters

Newscripts

People

» Business

March 16, 2009

Who's Next?

Veterans of past layoffs tell those facing the ax in the pharma industry what they can expect.

No Second Life

Polypropylene isn't getting recycled nearly as much as its packaging-plastics counterparts.

Chiral Quest Takes On A New Mission

To compete, catalyst developer expands its custom manufacturing strategy.

Europe Hangs On

Suppliers to durable goods markets got slammed in late 2008, while those tied to consumable goods fared better.

Business Concentrates

» Government & Policy

March 16, 2009

Safety Board Retreats

Citing antiterrorism law, Bayer pressures Chemical Safety Board to cancel public meeting on fatal accident. With Video

Opening Doors For The Disabled

Workshop explores ways to better integrate people with disabilities in academia.

Insights: Change Is Coming

Converging forces spur modernization of U.S. chemical control law. Web Exclusive

Government & Policy Concentrates

» Science & Technology

March 16, 2009

Making Diagnostics Affordable

Nonprofits and academics work toward tests that meet the needs of the developing world.

Sweeping Eastward

As the global economic downturn blankets the world, some Eastern European scientists feel the heat.

Digital Briefs

New Software and Websites for the Chemical Enterprise.

Science & Technology Concentrates

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