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Quote of the Week
"When urgent and important clash, nine out of 10 times urgent wins out."
J. BRIAN FERGUSON, CHAIRMAN, EASTMAN CHEMICAL – p. 26
June 22, 2009
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Highlights
Cover Story
Engineering Polymers
Nylon, polycarbonate, and ABS businesses have all been squeezed by the recession, but some will bounce back better than others. (pp. 15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21)
Government & Policy
Next-Generation Risk Assessment
EPA's plan to adopt in vitro methods for toxicity testing gets mixed reviews from stakeholders. (pp. 30-33)
Science & Technology
Heavy-Hydrogen Drugs Turn Heads, Again (Member Content)
Firms seek to improve drug candidates by selective deuterium substitution. (pp. 36-39)
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
Building HIV's Curvaceous Coat p. 8
Study shows how hexameric CA protein bends to form capsid's curvy shape.
Online Discovery p. 9
Lilly launches website to find new drug candidates.
Plant Protection Faces Scrutiny p. 9
Chemical makers question technology mandate before Congress.
Huntsman Trial Begins p. 10
Chemical maker and two banks tussle over failed merger.
Feeling The Heat p. 10
Federal science report tracks current global-warming impacts, future trends for the U.S.
Regulating Tobacco p. 11
Historic legislation gives FDA authority to limit, remove harmful chemicals in products.
Generics For Biologics p. 11
Federal Trade Commission favors earlier generic competition for protein drugs.
Balancing DNA Pathways p. 12
Study clarifies link between DNA repair and triplet-repeat expansion.
Shipping Malaria's Weapons p. 12
Parasite uses biomachinery to get hostile proteins into human red blood cells.
Business
Drugmakers Bond On Supply Safety pp. 24-25 (Member Content)
Rx-360, a consortium of pharmaceutical companies and their suppliers, hopes to foster shared audits.
A New Approach pp. 26-27 (Member Content)
Chemical industry association shifts to internet for communication.
Business Concentrates pp. 22-23 (Member Content)
- Countries, Gates Commit $1.5 Billion To Vaccines
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and governments of Italy, Canada, Russia, Norway, and the U.K. have delivered $1.5 billion to the Advance Market Commitment (AMC) program...
- Georgia Gulf Wins Time From Creditors
- Struggling chemical maker Georgia Gulf has negotiated with debt holders to delay payment of $34.5 million in bond interest, originally due on April 15, to July 15...
- Ascent Goes Long With Thin Film
- Thin-film photovoltaics firm Ascent Solar has manufactured a 5-meter-long, flexible solar module on a polyimide substrate...
- Dow Partners With Saudi University
- Dow Chemical has entered a strategic relationship with the soon-to-be-opened King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, in Saudi Arabia...
- BASF Is Closing Polystyrene Unit
- BASF is closing an expandable polystyrene (EPS) plant in Tarragona, Spain, by August. Some 85 workers will be affected by the decision...
- BASF Strikes Deal On Trimethylolpropane
- BASF is mothballing its trimethylolpropane (TMP) plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and entering a marketing and sales agreement with Fabbrica Adesivi Resine...
- Bayer Licenses OLED Technology
- Bayer MaterialScience has signed a licensing agreement with Add-Vision that gives it the right to make polymer-based organic light-emitting-diode displays...
- Huntsman Fights And Cooperates In India
- A court in Mumbai has granted Huntsman Corp. an injunction against a local reactive dye maker...
- GSK Makes pact With India's Dr. Reddy's
- GlaxoSmithKline has formed an alliance with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories under which it will market some of the Indian company's products in emerging markets...
- Watson Buying Arrow In Generics Deal
- Watson Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire privately held Arrow Group for $1.75 billion in cash and stock...
- R&D Collaboration Targets Alzheimer's
- Boehringer Ingelheim will collaborate with Vitae Pharmaceuticals on the R&D of beta-secretase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease...
- Lonza Gets Elusys and Land In India
- Lonza will use its gene expression technology to produce Anthim, a monoclonal antibody targeting anthrax infections, for Elusys Therapeutics...
- Business Roundup
- Arkema, Air Liquide will spend $35 million in Chengdu, Evonik Industries will expand, Strem Chemicals will distribute, Adimab, GlaxoSmithKline and Synta Pharmaceuticals, Wayne State University and Michigan Technology & Research Institute, Ipsen, Tibotec...
Meetings
238th ACS National Meeting pp. 47-82
List of technical symposia, with "Chemistry & Global Security" theme highlighted, and general meeting information for Washington, D.C.
Government & Policy
Next-Generation Risk Assessment pp. 30-33
EPA's plan to adopt in vitro methods for toxicity testing gets mixed reviews from stakeholders.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 28 (Member Content)
- More Chemicals For California's Prop 65
- The California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has proposed...
- Bid To Limit Chlorine Rail Shipments Denied
- The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has ruled that Union Pacific Railroad has an obligation...
- NIST Fellowships
- NIST is using $20 million from its American Reinvestment & Recovery Act funds to establish...
- CSB Accident Video Stresses Preparedness
- Training, communication, and community planning are key when responding to and controlling the impact...
- FutureGen Coal Plant Resurrected
- A once-canceled proposal to design and construct a coal-gasification facility...
» more government & policy news...
ACS Comment
Offer Your Service—The Benefits Are Endless! p. 44 (Member Content)
Reel Science
Moon
An astronaut away on a three-year gig in outer space...
Science & Technology
Heavy-Hydrogen Drugs Turn Heads, Again pp. 36-39 (Member Content)
Firms seek to improve drug candidates by selective deuterium substitution.
Probing For In-Body Ozone pp. 40-42 (Member Content)
Molecule hunters need better traps to prove that a wily oxygen species is made in the flesh.
Deciphering Herapath's Crystal p. 43 (Member Content)
An interest in history led one chemist to the light-polarizing material that enabled sunglasses, filters.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 34-35 (Member Content)
- Fluorescent Tag Takes The Wheel
- Fluorescein study shows that presumed nonreactive labels can sometimes control the destination of bioconjugates
- Acid Dissociation Writ Small
- Just four water molecules is all it takes to dissolve a molecule of hydrochloric acid
- Synthetic Polymer Inspired By Nature
- Biomimetic polymer takes advantage of hydrogen bonding to replicate the elasticity and toughness of the muscle protein titin
- Functional Amyloids
- Contrary to their reputation for causing disease, some amyloids have biological functions, including storing and releasing hormones
- Selectively Axing Halogens With Light
- Chemists harness the energy from a simple fluorescent light to selectively dehalogenate complex substrates
- Quantum Dots Linger In Mouse Tissue
- Fluorescence imaging reveals that the flashing nanoparticles can persist for years in mice, although the long-term toxicity is still uncertain
- Gallium Enhances Water Purification
- By substituting a single gallium atom into an aluminum cluster, researchers create an improved coagulating agent for water treatment
- Seeking To Quell Panic Disorder
- An experimental drug that controls steroid production in the brain rapidly halts panic attacks in people without side effects
» more science & technology news...
Editor's Page
Climate-Change News p. 3
The science of anthropogenic climate change is becoming increasingly well established....
The Departments
Letters pp. 6-7 (Member Content)
Newscripts p. 40
Mark Trail Chemistry, Chemistry In Haiti
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