Back Issue
ADVERTISEMENT
Volume 86, Number 10: March 10, 2008
-
Table of Contents
- News of the Week
- Business
- Government & Policy
- Science & Technology
- Education
- Books
- ACS News
- Editor's Page
- The Departments
Cover Story
Pharma Outsourcing
Small U.S. biopharmaceutical companies scour the globe to find manufacturing partners that can best meet their needs.
Case Studies:
Cover: Jupiterimages
News of the Week
Mistaken Masquerade
Scientists in Germany with U.S. Ph.D.s face charges for posing as 'Dr.'
Pfizer Meets Analysts
Polymer operations with $2 billion in sales are being evaluated.
Streamlining Data
Companies opt to provide less information on Toxics Release Inventory reports.
Virtually Created Enzymes
Designed retro-aldolases catalyze breaking of carbon-carbon bond in an unnatural substrate.
Heparin Contaminant
'Heparin-like' contaminant is associated with adverse reactions.
Arsenal Agrees To Buy DSM Unit
Deal is latest for private equity firm focused on chemicals.
Suppertime Signal
Climate-influencing sulfur compound is also a feeding cue for fish.
Gain And Loss In Malaria War
Ambitious ventures launch as GSK pulls two treatments for the disease.
Chinese Protests
Coastal projects face opposition from local residents.
Education
Radical Changes For U.S. Science
Over two decades, women and noncitizens have been eroding the male domination of U.S. science.
Books
Education Research
Book is a no-nonsense guide to a discipline concerned with both teaching and learning chemistry.
ACS News
ACS Comment
The transforming power of chemistry runs on information.
Global Connections
ACS organizes U.S. visit for Chinese academics to share chemistry experiences.
» Business
March 10, 2008
Europeans Ring Up 'Unusual' 2007
Chemical companies' sales and earnings show impact of portfolio changes.
Dennis Reilley To Receive SCI Medal
Former Praxair CEO foresees less U.S.-centric industry, but one still essential to life.
China Struggles To Boost Fertilizers
Country introduces controls to cap rising prices for fertilizers.
Business Concentrates
- Hovione, Evonik Boost China Pharma Chemicals
- Natural Products Deal For Cognis
- Hexion Names Its Leadership Team
- New R&D Center Set For Merck
- DSM Invests In Chinese Biomaterials
- PDL To Restructure After Sale Failed
- Dow Expands Its Executive Team
- Arkema Boosts Hydrogen Peroxide
- Chemtura Makes Portfolio Moves
- Chevron, Weyerhaeuser Form Biofuels Venture
- BioVectra Wins Kane Enzyme Contract
- Asahi Expands Battery Separators
- Business Roundup
» Government & Policy
March 10, 2008
Linking Energy To Climate-Change Policy
Industry lobbyists say any restriction on carbon emissions will boost demand for natural gas.
DOE Falls Behind In Cleanups
Cleanup of Nuclear Weapons Sites is behind schedule and over budget, audit shows, but DOE cuts program.
Government & Policy Concentrates
» more government & policy news...
» Science & Technology
March 10, 2008
Financial Windfall From Lyrica
Royalty payouts from university-held patents have power to transform chemistry departments.
Helping Biology Catch Up
PhosPhoProteomics needs to progress from cataloguing sites to understanding their biology.
New Products
New and notable in the chemical industry.
