Business news – Page 16
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Business
Trials start of mRNA vaccine for HIV
First steps towards protection from the many and variable viral strains
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News
Explainer: How do the Covid vaccines measure up against each other and omicron?
Looking at how the evidence stacks up for vaccines against variants and how their performance holds up over time
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Business
Fatal Indian incidents reveal eroded regulations
Activists claim Modi government has diluted safety and environmental protection to promote business
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Opinion
The shadow of drug resistance
Why do some medicines stop working, and can we avoid it for Covid-19 antivirals?
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Business
Martin Shkreli fined and banned from pharma for life
‘Pharma Bro’ must pay back $65m in profits for anticompetitive behaviour while leading Turing Pharmaceuticals
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Business
Fire during riots exposes environmental impact of improperly stored agrochemicals
UPL accused of illegally storing hazardous chemicals that were released after arson attack at South African warehouse
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Opinion
The law of conservation of data
AI and machine learning are useful and powerful, but they need high quality data inputs that aren’t available yet for drug discovery
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Business
Chinese scientist admits stealing Monsanto trade secrets
Imaging scientist faces fines and prison for digital agriculture technology theft
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Business
Daikin-America fined for safety breaches that led to worker deaths
US regulator concludes that fluorocarbon leak at Alabama plant caused two later deaths
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Business
Four dead in boiler explosion at Indian chemical plant
11 others injured as blast destroys adjacent temporary worker accommodation
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Business
What Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction means for chemistry
Holmes faces up to 65 years in prison for defrauding investors while running her now defunct blood testing startup
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Business
US judge overturns Purdue’s opioid bankruptcy settlement
Ruling says bankruptcy court did not have authority to grant Sackler family protection from future litigation
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Business
Monsanto agrees $12 million settlement for Hawaii pesticide violations
Bayer-owned firm admits charges relating to use and storage of pesticides on its research farms
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Business
Deadly incidents at Indian chemicals plants
Five dead and at least 15 injured by explosion and fire at Gujarat Fluorochemicals
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Opinion
When regulatory cooperation goes too far, we all lose
Were FDA staff unduly influenced by Biogen in approving Alzheimer’s antibody?
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Business
2021 Chemicals industry roundup
Supply chain problems, rising raw material and energy costs challenge an industry trying to recover from the pandemic
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Business
Pharmaceuticals roundup 2021
It’s been another dramatic, pandemic-dominated year for the pharmaceutical industry
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Careers
Results of the RSC’s 2021 Pay and Reward survey
Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19 and Brexit, most chemists remain positive about their prospects
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Webinar
Using flow chemistry to give early drug discovery processes a boost
Discover how pioneering modular flow chemistry technologies can unlock the potential for discovery chemists to accelerate research
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Business
Fatal incident in German chemicals park
One dead and five injured by caustic soda being used for cleaning work