All Asia articles – Page 24
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NewsSix scientists receive long prison sentences in Turkish coup trial
Academic human rights organisations say that the trial did not meet international standards of justice
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Business
India revokes more pharma patents
Original molecule patent stands, but a new salt form is ‘not innovative’
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NewsThreat to Israeli participation in EU science programme
Rule change means that EU funding cannot go to institutions in occupied territories amid warnings all scientific cooperation could cease
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BusinessChina corruption investigation broadens
GSK scandal is the trigger to clean up Chinese drug market
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NewsRussian scientists claim state reform will ‘kill science’
Protesters conduct a symbolic funeral to decry state interference in science academies
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Secular scholars fight government control in Turkey
The attempted suicide in jail of a chemical engineer has contributed to a ‘climate of fear’, say scientists
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Business
GSK under investigation over corruption in China
Police claim executives engaged in bribery and tax-related crimes
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NewsRussia looks to attract EU students
More state funding will be available to European students with the hope that they will stay on and work in the country
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OpinionThe Choshu five
Alwyn Davies recounts how five Japanese students and their chemist mentor changed Japanese society forever
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Business
GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation
Company is retracting a 2010 study in which data were ‘misrepresented’
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NewsFrench convinced sarin used in Syria
Labs in France and the UK have both confirmed the presence of the nerve agent in biological samples
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NewsFukushima disaster has not raised cancer risks, says UN
Latest study at odds with others that predicted a slight increase in certain types of tumours
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Business
Japanese pharma opens compound vaults
Molecule libraries to be screened for neglected diseases
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NewsBlast kills 33 at Chinese explosives plant
Investigators are examining whether unsafe working conditions contributed to the accident
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NewsPetition calls for science minister to go
Russian scientists begin campain for reforms in science and higher education policy to be altered
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NewsPricewaterhouseCoopers to audit Russian science
Professional services firm to help government build a ‘map’ of the country’s scientific output
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NewsChinese scientist arrested for attempted research theft
Medical College of Wisconsin researcher arrested for allegedly stealing a patented cancer compound to take to a Chinese university
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BusinessIndia rejects Novartis patent appeal
Supreme court uphold decision to refuse protection for Glivec
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Business
Russian investment vehicle sets sights on innovative drugs
Rusnano hopes to make a killing by investing in new technologies in the pharmaceutical sector
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NewsGermany, China create nanotech centre
Collaboration will look to marine animals for bio-inspired materials to treat conditions like osteoporosis