All Government articles
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Business
29 dead in explosions at two illegal fireworks factories in India
Incidents in Gujarat and West Bengal highlight minimal oversight of hazardous industry
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Business
Government reduces UK Reach fees by ‘£40 million’
Registration fees for most chemicals reduced, but uncertainty remains over safety data requirements
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News
UKRI faces real terms budget cut for coming year
Concerns raised over government’s support for fundamental research
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Opinion
Trump’s tariff stand-off
Piling cost and complexity to stretched global supply chains will hit industries hard
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Business
Trump’s new tariffs threaten the chemicals sector
Broad and high tariffs could mean severe job losses and supply chain disruption for chemistry-using industries
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Opinion
I can’t believe it’s not…
The analytical techniques revealing the true identity of what you spread on your bread
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Business
J&J’s third talc bankruptcy settlement attempt denied
Company says it will return to courts to fight talc cancer claims
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Business
US regulatory chief’s resignation raises alarms in biotech industry
FDA vaccines and biologicals centre director, Peter Marks, clashed with health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr
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News
Science silenced? Leaked EPA plan would dissolve its scientific research arm
Proposal would see 50–75% of employees fired and the rest potentially relocated
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News
Europe offers refuge to America’s researchers
Schemes seek to attract top scientific talent from the US as Trump cuts research funding, attacks universities
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News
They break it, we all pay for it
GK Chesterton’s legacy goes beyond his Father Brown detective novels and explains why tearing down institutions harms us all
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Opinion
Getting into the weeds of the glyphosate debate
Assessments of the risk posed by the controversial herbicide depend on how the evidence is weighed
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News
NIH sparks concern by singling out mRNA vaccine research for added scrutiny
The Department of Health and Human Services denies mRNA research faces defunding but scientists are still worried
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News
Bill to ban all Chinese nationals from receiving US student visas causes alarm
Legislation’s sponsor claims it will prevent espionage, but there are warnings it will harm US competitiveness
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Business
US reviews chemical incident prevention planning rules
Risk Management Program has been extended and rolled back under successive governments
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Opinion
Weight loss drug supply races
With official shortages ended, but the first generics gearing up for launch, companies are looking for the next generation of drugs
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News
Fears China, Russia are trying to poach fired US government scientists
America’s rivals are trying to capitalise on what they see as a ‘vulnerable’ moment of mass federal layoffs at science agencies
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Business
US drops chloroprene emissions lawsuit against Denka
Government says lawsuit stretched legal definitions in pursuit of ‘environmental justice’
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Business
Ending of US weight-loss drug shortages prompts compounder complaints
Decision ends pharmacies’ permission to prepare versions of GLP-1 hormone mimics
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News
NIH plan to centralise peer review could mean ‘substantial loss of expertise’
Agency says move will save money and reduce bias, but researchers are concerned about associated staff reductions