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June 11, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 24
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June 11, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 24

Developing Drugs For Chinese Patients

A growing number of companies are researching and developing pharmaceuticals tailor-made for Chinese patients
By Jean-François Tremblay
(pp. 10-14)
Features
Business

Flying The Green Skies With Biofuels

With test flights behind them, airlines push for more production of biobased jet fuel (pp. 18-21)
Career & Employment

Closing The Skills Gap

Biotech jobs are going begging because new Ph.D.s lack the industry experience that companies want (pp. 49-51)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

First Tabletop X-Ray Laser

Optics: Lab-scale source of attosecond pulses could enable new kinds of spectroscopic, materials analyses
(p.5)

ExxonMobil Plans U.S. Expansions

Petrochemicals: Company is the latest firm to announce new ethylene capacity in the U.S.
(p.6)

How A Peacock Shrimp Packs A Punch

Biomaterials: Layered structure is behind animal’s resilient club
(p.6)

Intellectual Property: Former WuXi PharmaTech employee convicted of theft

Court finds that drug compounds were stolen, offered for sale over the Internet
(p.7)

Legislators Urge ACC To Expel Firms

Chemicals: Allegations of inaccurate data and false testimony on flame retardants prompt uproar
(p.7)

Device Skates Between Oil, Water

Nanoscience: An oil-repellant coating that works underwater could lead to robots that can clean oil spills
(p.8)

Little Progress In Saving The Planet

Sustainability: Ecosystems face irreversible changes if people, governments don’t act, report says
(p.8)

Bee-Linked Pesticide Under Fire

Honeybee Crisis: France acts on study that shows adverse effects of a neonicotinoid on bee behavior
(p.9)

Kavli Prize Laureates Named

Honors: MIT’s Mildred Dresselhaus receives nanoscience award
(p.9)
 

Departments

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Business

Developing Drugs For Chinese Patients

A growing number of companies are researching and developing pharmaceuticals tailor-made for Chinese patients
(pp. 10-14)

Global Approach To Chemical Regulations A Worthy, But Difficult Goal

Europe’s chemical agency pushes for globalization of REACH, but the U.S. resists
(pp. 25-27)

Détente Emerges On Drug Safety

FDA and fine chemicals firms come together on a user fee for generic drugs
(pp. 22-24)

Flying The Green Skies With Biofuels

With test flights behind them, airlines push for more production of biobased jet fuel
(pp. 18-21)
Concentrates(pp. 16-17)
  1. Chevron Phillips Mulls Petrochemical Plant In Iraq
  2. Konarka Files For Bankruptcy
  3. Cytec To Expand Carbon Fiber
  4. Canadian Railroad Workers End Strike
  5. Corning Shows Off New Flexible Glass
  6. Japanese Develop Biomass Rubber
  7. Mitsui, Sinopec Set Elastomer Venture
  8. Firms Collaborate On Plant-Based Plastic
  9. Roquette Opens French Dextrose Unit
  10. Partners Aim To Make Oncology Biosimilars
  11. Boehringer Ingelheim To Build Tech Center
  12. Complete Genomics Restructures
  13. Business Roundup

ACS News

Creating Safety Cultures In Academic Institutions

(p.46)

Northeast Regional Meeting Call For Papers

(p.48)
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Government & Policy

Senate To Consider Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nominees

Commissioner Kristine L. Svinicki is up for renomination and Allison M. Macfarlane is the White House choice for NRC chair
(p.34)

New Tools For Risk Assessment

EPA lays out how it anticipates using computational toxicology data for regulatory decisions
(pp. 32-33)
Concentrates(p.30)
  1. House Passes Energy Spending Bill
  2. NASA Refocuses A Critical Program
  3. Court Orders FDA To Act On Antibiotics
  4. EPA Targets 18 Chemicals For Review
  5. Bill Promotes Security Through Data Sharing

Education

Elite Schools Enter Online Education

More and more of the nation’s top universities bring their course work to the masses at no cost
(pp. 44-45)
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Science & Technology

ASMS Instrument Roundup

(pp. 42-43)

A Solid Solar-Cell Solution

New solid electrolyte bypasses corrosion and durability problems of traditional dye-sensitized solar cells
(p.40)

Recognizing Hazards

What chemists need to know about OSHA’s new system for chemical safety information
(pp. 38-39)
Concentrates(pp. 36-37)
  1. IUPAC Approves Element Names
  2. Fetal DNA Sequencing Opens Door
  3. Uranium Complex Fuses CO To Make Furanones
  4. Depolymerized Lignin Makes A Good Solvent
  5. Zeolite Isomerizes Sugars With Enzymelike Mechanism
  6. Solvent Viscosity Tunes DNA Folding
  7. Benzene Chain Made Stable Enough For First Electronics Test
  8. Light Releases Antibacterial NO

Career & Employment

Closing The Skills Gap

Biotech jobs are going begging because new Ph.D.s lack the industry experience that companies want
(pp. 49-51)

Newscripts

Drinking At Work, Spilling Coffee

(p.56)

Editor's Page

The Business Of Chemistry

(p.3)

Letters

Letters(p.2)
  1. Chemistry’s Drama
  2. Proper Terminology