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Pharma Year In Review
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"Like rock stars, reactions can come and go, but those with substance achieve greatness."
Victor Snieckus, Bader Chair Emeritus in Organic Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontariop. 43

December 6, 2010

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Highlights

Cover Story

Battening The Hatches

Sailing toward the long-dreaded 'patent cliff,' drug firms positioned themselves for a new world of science and business in 2010. (pp. 14-21)

Science & Technology

New Fibers For Foods

Researchers and food manufacturers are developing ingredients to address consumer nutritional needs. (pp. 38-40)

» What's In A Food? Defining And Testing For Fiber
Career & Employment

Changing Their Ways

As students continue to flock to drug development, chemistry departments adapt their programs. (pp. 47-49)

» Hard-Hit Industry
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News Of The Week

Food Safety Bill Hits A Snag p. 9

Congress: Senate passes landmark legislation, but procedural error brings more delays.

BASF, Ineos Join For Styrenics p. 10

Restructuring: Styrene-based plastics venture caps industry reorganization.

Sezen Found Guilty Of Fraud p. 10

Scientific Misconduct: Columbia University case is one of the worst for chemistry.

Tuning Up For A Breakdown p. 11

Biomaterials: Acid-sensitive polymers permit tight control over degradation for in vivo drug delivery.

Europe's REACH Deadline p. 11

Some 4,300 chemicals are now registered in accord with European law.

GSK Applauds U.K. Tax Breaks p. 12

Pharmaceuticals: Firm pins investments to a tax break on intellectual-property-generated profits.

Greenpeace Sues Chemical Firms p. 12

Corporate Spying: Environmental group accuses Dow, Sasol of stealing documents, tapping phones.

Coal Ash Spill In Tennessee Still A Problem p. 13

Environmental Disaster: High levels of arsenic linger downstream of the site of a 2008 accident.

New Rubber Beats Heat And Cold p. 13

Materials: Nanotube rubber maintains its viscoelasticity in extreme temperatures.

Business

Battery Booster pp. 24-27 (Member Content)

A new DOE program is a financial lifeline for energy-storage start-ups.

Chemtura's Comeback pp. 28-29 (Member Content)

CEO Craig Rogerson discusses reorganization and postbankruptcy growth plans.

Silicone Partners p. 30 (Member Content)

Dow Corning and Wacker commission a large-scale basic silicones facility in China.

Business Concentrates pp. 22-23 (Member Content)

Career & Employment

Changing Their Ways pp. 47-49

As students continue to flock to drug development, chemistry departments adapt their programs.

Hard-Hit Industry Web Exclusive

Tough times in pharma provide opportunities for academe.

Government & Policy

Obtaining Genetic Resources Abroad pp. 34-35 (Member Content)

Treaty governs access to materials and sharing of benefits.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 32 (Member Content)

  • Interior Limits Offshore Drilling
  • Oil and natural gas drilling and production in federal offshore waters will be allowed to move forward only in the western and central Gulf of Mexico...
  • Panel Urges Jump In Energy R&D
  • The President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology (PCAST) recommended a roughly $10 billion annual increase in federally supported energy R&D and deployment...
  • EPA Sets Standards To Compare Chemicals’ Safety
  • New EPA guidelines lay out criteria for comparing the safety of chemical substances that are possible alternatives to chemicals currently in use that may pose a concern to human health or the environment...
  • Russian Facility Will Scrap Chemical Arms
  • Russia has brought a sixth plant on-line to destroy its Cold War-era chemical weapons stockpile...
  • ToxCast Enters Second Phase
  • EPA’s National Center for Computational Toxicology has launched the second phase of its ToxCast program. Begun in 2007, ToxCast aims to predict the toxicity of...

ACS Comment

Supporting A Diverse Profession And Inclusive Community p. 45 (Member Content)

ACS Meetings

2010–11 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive

C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community.

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Science & Technology

New Fibers For Foods pp. 38-40

Researchers and food manufacturers are developing ingredients to address consumer nutritional needs.

What’s In A Food? Defining And Testing For Fiber p. 39

Researchers and food manufacturers are developing ingredients to address consumer nutritional needs.

Cracking An Interstellar Mystery pp. 41-42 (Member Content)

Chemists identify a possible first molecule in diffuse interstellar bands.

Meta Reaction Revisited pp. 43-44 (Member Content)

Scientists reassess copper's role in a reaction on aromatic rings.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 36-37 (Member Content)

Editor's Page

EPA Looks Forward p. 5

The Departments

Letters pp. 6-7

Newscripts p. 56

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Environmental SCENE News

Fertilizer May Help Bacteria Slip Into Groundwater

Water Safety: High phosphate levels allow deadly microbes to pass through soil.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Sunlight Is An Effective Disinfectant

Public Health: Field work shows that a cheap water treatment method improves children's health.

House Takes Aim At Clean Air Act

Pollution: Industry backs cost-benefit analyses of EPA rules, but critics fear assault on public health.

Analytical SCENE News

New Method Isolates Membrane Proteins

Protein Purification: Technique separates proteins on a lipid bilayer.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Mapping Drugs In Human Tissue

Clinical Chemistry: Mass spectrometry imaging provides view of an inhaled drug in human lung tissue.

Skeletons Come To Light

Fluorescence Imaging: Monitoring cells as they dissolve bone may lead to disease treatments.

Analyzing Nuclear Processes

ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams.

JACS Research In C&EN

Indole Changeup Yields Elusive Alkaloid

ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis.

Prefab Synthesis Moves Ahead

Organic Chemistry: First stable alpha-boryl aldehydes ease preparation of complex small molecules.

Multiple Bradykinin States Revealed

The peptide adopts at least 10 conformers in solution, explaining why its structure had only been partially characterized.

Scaling Up The Axinellamines

A quicker, more efficient, and stereocontrolled route to a key intermediate streamlines natural product syntheses.

A Revamped Vancomycin

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria.

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