Fine Chemicals
Quote of the Week
"Consumers lose when drugmakers are able to delay competition by paying off generic manufacturers."
JOANNE HANDY, BOARD MEMBER, AARP – p. 47
June 8, 2009
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Highlights
Cover Story
Process Chemistry
For pharma, cost-efficient and greener chemistry go hand in hand; firms work with academia to train process development researchers. (pp. 13, 23)
Government & Policy
Rethinking Grant Programs At NSF (Member Content)
Chemistry Division realigns programs to capture how science is done. (pp. 44-46)
Science & Technology
NOBCChE's Gateway To Science
Black chemists and chemical engineers meet in St. Louis for annual conference. (pp. 58-60)
Table of Contents
News Of The Week
ACS Honors Hach Family's Legacy p. 7
Washington, D.C., headquarters is now the Clifford & Kathryn Hach Building.
Impact Of GM's Bankruptcy p. 8
Action further resigns chemical makers to lower demand from a smaller U.S. auto industry.
Another One-Atom-Thick Material p. 8
Boron nitride joins graphene on list of thinnest free-standing crystals.
Academic Hiring Of Women p. 9
Study finds no discrimination, but women have to apply.
Clarion Call For Marine Life p. 9
Global CO2 emissions must be cut enough to halt ocean acidification, science panel warns.
Targeted Drugs Get Traction p. 10
Drug firms announce advances in personalized medicine at oncologists' meeting.
Palladium(III) Debut p. 10
Pd(III) complexes are actors on the catalysis stage.
Exploiting Cortistatins' Essence p. 11
Simple analogs of a complex natural product may protect against loss of vision.
Japanese Petrochemicals p. 11
Mitsubishi Chemical and Asahi Kasei mull merger of petrochemical operations.
Business
At 50, Hovione Takes A Big Step pp. 30-34, 36 (Member Content)
Portuguese fine chemicals firm targets big pharma with a plant acquired from Pfizer.
Diversification p. 34 (Member Content)
The view from New Jersey.
A Well-Integrated Sideline Web Exclusive
Deal to supply an inhaler device to Daiichi Sankyo marks a big victory for Hovione.
Hovione Shapes China Manufacturing Site Web Exclusive
Reluctantly Green pp. 37-38 (Member Content)
AgraQuest seeks to take biopesticides into the agricultural mainstream.
ExxonMobil Boosts Its China Presence pp. 40-41 (Member Content)
Unfazed by economic slowdown, company starts up giant facilities, invests in shanghai R&D center.
Business Concentrates pp. 28-29 (Member Content)
- Advanced Battery Buildup
- Millions of dollars in public funding continue to drive plans to ramp up lithium-ion batteries...
- Two Big Deals Are Finalized
- Mitsubishi Rayon finally closed on its $1.6 billion purchase of acrylic plastics maker Lucite International...
- BASF And Dupont Tangle In Court
- BASF and DuPont filed separate lawsuits against the other in U.S. Federal Court for the District of Delaware over genetic traits...
- Biofuels Firm HCL Raises Venture Funds
- HCL CleanTech, a cellulosic biofuel start-up, has raised its first round of funding from venture capital firms Burrill & Co....
- OriginOil To Patent Algae Technology
- Algal biofuel firm OriginOil has filed for an international patent from the United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization...
- DSM Acquires Biogas Company
- DSM will acquire privately held Biopract for an undisclosed price...
- Chinese Firm Plans Sucralose Boost
- Niutang Chemical plans to expand capacity for the artificial sweetener sucralose to 500 metric tons per year by 2012...
- InnoCentive Sets Up Website With NPG
- InnoCentive and the Nature Publishing Group have launched the nature.com Open Innovation Pavilion...
- SC Johnson Will Aid Pyrethrum Producers
- Consumer products maker SC Johnson and a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development are teaming up to help Rwandan farmers boost production of pyrethrum...
- Microsoft Acquires Merck Software
- Microsoft will acquire assets from Merck & Co.'s Rosetta Inpharmatics unit that will allow the software giant to incorporate genetic, genomic, metabolomic, and proteomics data management software...
- GSK, Concert Link For Deuterium Drugs
- GlaxoSmithKline is betting on the potential of deuterium-containing drugs through a collaboration with Concert Pharmaceuticals...
- SAFC, Cherokee Sign Distribution Pact
- SAFC has formed an exclusive distribution partnership with Cherokee Pharmaceuticals under which Cherokee will provide analysis, testing, and warehousing of pharmaceutical ingredients...
- Business Roundup
- Dorf Ketal has bought the Intec Polymers, Lumena Resources, , AkzoNobel, LyondellBasell Industries, Dow Chemical, Dow AgroSciences, World Wide Wheat, Celldex Therapeutics has agreed to acquire CuraGen, Air Liquide, TorreyPines Therapeutics has decided to liquidate its assets and dissolve itself. The decision is subject to shareholder approval. In April, the company reduced its workforce to just three employees after having sold off or licensed most of its small-molecule drug programs to other firms.
ACS News
Admissions p. 64 (Member Content)
Oldest ACS committee may bow out as eligibility for membership broadens.
Government & Policy
Rethinking Grant Programs At NSF pp. 44-46 (Member Content)
Chemistry Division realigns programs to capture how science is done.
Pay For Delay pp. 47-50 (Member Content)
Deals that slow the availability of generics pit administration against drugmakers.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 43 (Member Content)
- Reevaluating Bisphenol A
- Democratic leaders on the House Energy & Commerce Committee are urging FDA to reevaluate...
- Senators Plan Broad Rail Policy Reforms
- Two Democratic senators have agreed to draft legislation designed to make the freight railroad industry more competitive...
- DOE Releases $800 Million In Seven Days
- During a recent seven-day period, the Department of Energy provided nearly $800 million in support for renewable energy projects...
- NIST Seeks Proposals For Stimulus Funds
- NIST announced plans last week to spend up to $215 million of its share of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funding...
- Supreme Court Will Review Business Method Patents
- The Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether business methods, such as processes and procedures, qualify...
» more government & policy news...
Books
The Story Of Statins pp. 61-63
Recounting the discovery of a class of drugs that revolutionized cardiovascular medical care.
Employment
Staying Strong pp. 66-67
The economic recession tests employers' resolve to recruit a diverse workforce.
Awards
NOBCChE Presents Annual Professional Awards p. 65 (Member Content)
Carolyn Bertozzi Is Nichols Medal Winner p. 65 (Member Content)
Linus Pauling Medal To Stephen Lippard p. 65 (Member Content)
Fréchet And Ito Accept Carothers Award p. 65 (Member Content)
Science & Technology
Future Of Metals pp. 53-57
Developing sustainable supplies of metals will rely on smart product design and more efficient recycling.
NOBCChE's Gateway To Science pp. 58-60
Black chemists and chemical engineers meet in St. Louis for annual conference.
2009 Science Fair And Science Bowl Winners Web Exclusive
Students from across the country are recognized for their science knowledge.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 51-52 (Member Content)
- Methyl-Phosphate H-Bonds
- Methyl and phosphate groups in selenium-derivatized DNA have been brought close enough together to form hydrogen bonds for the first time
- Hydrogen Peroxide Guides Immune Cells
- Leukocytes are imaged rushing to an injury site in response to an H2O2 plume created by a protein called dual oxidase
- Keeping Body Time By Metabolomics
- By 24-hour monitoring of oscillating hormone and metabolite levels, scientists glean information on how to optimize the benefits of medicines
- Specks Mark The Clot
- Iron oxide nanoparticles functionalized with a fluorescent dye and a peptide light up newly formed clots for diagnostic imaging
- Nitrogen Isotopes In Ice Cores Record Human Activity
- A study of ice cores from Greenland reveals that the nitrogen isotope ratio in nitrates has undergone a marked change in the past 300 years
- Gel Formation Induces Organocatalysis
- An L-proline-based compound that forms supramolecular gels also acts as an organocatalyst for the Henry reaction
- Chiral Copper Carbene Catalysts
- Novel dissymmetric imidazolium salts form enantioselective copper-N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts for conjugate addition reactions
- Quasicrystals In Nature
- Search turns up oddly ordered crystalline grains in Al-Cu-Fe minerals
» more science & technology news...
Editor's Page
Pharma Is For The Long Term p. 3
The drug industry is a key contributor to longer life expectancies and better quality of life...
The Departments
Letters pp. 4-5 (Member Content)
Newscripts p. 72
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