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Business
Business roundup: March 2008
Can biologics go generic? US President George Bush has called for legislation to enable the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve generic versions of biologic (typically protein-based) drugs (see also Chemistry World, January 2008, p16). But a key lawmaker, Representative John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and ...
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Podcast
February 2008
Chemistry World Podcast - February 200800:10 -- Introduction02:03 -- Fish skin holds a dazzling secret04:00 -- Edible antifreeze could take the icy crunch out of ice cream06:30 -- The chemist who saved evolutionary biology: Richard Corfield tells the story of ...
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Opinion
Letters: February 2008
From Chris Ewels The British Carbon Group (a special interest group of the RSC, the Institute of Physics and the Society of Chemical Industry) is organising an image competition, including a category for under-18s. There is a ?150 prize in each category and there will be a prize-giving ...
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Business
Business roundup: February 2008
Chemical blasts A spate of accidents in chemical plants around the world in the last two months - including in the US and Japan - has caused the deaths of 20 plant employees, and left dozens more injured. On 19 December a blast and fire in the US ...
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News
German chemistry rated world class
An independent study of chemistry in German universities and research institutes finds research excellence
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Opinion
Letters: January 2008
From Bernard Langley May I congratulate you and your colleagues on your splendid November issue of Chemistry World. The balance of topics, the quality of the writing, the enthusiastic spirit of the whole thing - from your editorial right through to that magnificent killer review of the green chemistry book ...
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News
News in brief: January 2008
Firefly chemistry in less glowing terms The eerie glow of the firefly has been trumpeted for half a decade as an exceptionally efficient example of bioluminescence - where a chemical reaction inside the insect emits light. The reaction, in which luciferin molecules are oxidised to excited states ...
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Business
Business roundup: January 2008
Manufacturing chemists face worldwide job cuts Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has become the latest pharmaceutical company to announce a cost-saving restructuring plan that will slash manufacturing jobs. The US drug maker will scale down in its manufacturing operations, cutting its workforce by 4800 - about 10 per cent - ...
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Podcast
December 2007
Chemistry World Podcast - December 2007INTRODUCTION(Promo)Brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry, this is the Chemistry World Podcast.(Promo ends)Interviewer - Chris SmithHello, welcome to the Chemistry World Podcast, which is brought to you this month by Mark Peplow, Victoria Gill, Ananyo Bhattacharya, and Richard Van Noorden. ...