Business news – Page 54
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Business
Endo drops opioid painkiller rights and cuts US sales force
375 staff to go as Endo says its established pain drugs ‘no longer require field promotion’
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Business
Boehringer Ingelheim sheds more jobs in the US
Over 240 staff to go as company refocuses on immuno-oncology
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Opinion
Still boiling after all these years
If you’ve got the facilities, distillation can be a powerful plant technique
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Business
£90m fine for Pfizer and Flynn Pharma over excessive drug pricing
Markets watchdog imposes record fine for breaches of competition law
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Business
Brexit could push UK chemical manufacturing abroad
Industry leaders say tariff-free access to EU single market is top priority
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Business
Chemical plant workers’ month-long strike
Momentive Performance Materials has drafted temporary contractors in dispute over benefits
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Business
Pfizer pulls back on UK and Ireland facilities
€400 million manufacturing plant expansion cancelled and two facilities to close
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Business
Former Valeant and Philidor executives arrested for fraud
Prosecutors allege the men masterminded a kickback scheme between Valeant and the speciality pharmacy
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Business
OCP to invest $3.7bn in Ethiopian fertiliser plant
Output from joint venture between Ethiopian government and Moroccan state phosphate group will exceed domestic demand
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Opinion
How much does fashion influence chemists?
Is that new reaction the next Nobel-worthy breakthrough, or just a flash in the pan?
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News
Cut red tape to help innovation boom, says German chemistry sector
Leading organisations call for less bureaucracy and more funding to improve collaboration between universities and industry
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Opinion
Restarting the mental health pipeline
The lack of UK investment in new drugs for mental health disorders is a problem – but the tide may be about to turn
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News
Patent backlogs cost the world millions, IP experts warn
Estimates put a $10bn price tag on every year of delays
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Business
Chemist's struggles spawn Bristol lab incubator
Unit DX prioritises properly-equipped lab space, with partnerships to support science entrepreneurs
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Careers
The trials and tribulations of drug discovery
The many pitfalls medicinal chemists face when creating a new drug
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Feature
Personalised skincare
Nina Notman explores some of the latest scientific approaches skincare companies are using in the quest to develop high-earning anti-ageing cosmetics
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Opinion
Uncertainty around Trump presidency is harmful to industry
Uncertainty is anathema to industry. Trump and Brexit are frustrations, but the wheels do not stop.
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Business
Ammonia leak leads to fatality at UK brewery
One dead and 22 hospitalised after accident at Carlsberg site
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News
Trump’s election sparks anxiety among scientists
Research community fears a Trump presidency will harm US science, but the biotech and pharma industry are more upbeat