All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 24
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Business
BASF introduces cell-based allergen test
Non-animal test for cosmetic ingredients to comply with Reach regulation
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Business
Veolia and Total open oil recycling plant
Osilub plant will re-refine used oils into high grade engine lubricants
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Feature
From molecules to medicines
Turning an active drug molecule into a finished product requires as much chemistry as developing the drug in the first place, as Phillip Broadwith discovers
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Business
Morning sickness drug reintroduced to US
After being withdrawn due to litigation, the drug has been approved by the FDA
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Business
European project to boost industry energy efficiency
Initiative will focus on smaller companies and provide tools to assess and reduce energy use
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Business
Roche to release Tamiflu trial data
The company will drip feed data to the Cochrane Collaboration, but with some elements redacted
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Research
A solution to fluoronium riddle
Elegant experiment lets chemists glimpse the elusive ion by tallying isomers
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Business
Amylin headquarters to close with further job losses
Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to shutter the San Diego, US, site following last year’s merger
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News
Regeneron expands, creating 400 new jobs
US biotech firm announces second expansion in six months
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Research
New antimalarial drug class resists resistance
Drug candidate looks promising as scientists draw on past failures to address toxicity problems
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Business
AstraZeneca partners with Moderna for $240 million
Pharma company sheds more jobs and backs messenger RNA therapeutics
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News
Science community urged to unite on open access
While many sticking points remain, these should not be allowed to derail changes to the publication of research in the UK, meeting told
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News
Funding council backs doctoral training centres with £350m
Money will fund new centres and some existing ones, while others may slowly fade away
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Research
Superomniphobic surface sees off non-Newtonian fluids
Scalable production process for material that can repel almost any liquid holds promise for creating self-cleaning surfaces
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Research
Laser guided maglev graphite air hockey
Levitating graphite discs that spin when exposed to light could be a new way to harness solar energy
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News
RSC to launch new Chemical Database Service
Society says that the main databases will be accessible in January after protracted negotiations on the future of the service
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Research
Seeing the helix of DNA
Transmission electron microscope image shows direct visualisation of DNA bundle
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Research
Platinum plating at the flick of a switch
A quick and simple way to create catalytic atom thick layers of platinum has been developed by US scientists