Business news – Page 25
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ArticleHyper Recruitment Solutions
From creating life-saving drugs to life-changing technologies, making a difference through candidates is in our DNA
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ArticleDefence Science and Technology Laboratory
Harnessing science and technology to protect the UK, and the rest of the world too
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RSCThe Royal Society of Chemistry
Whether exploring the elements or the science of technology, chemical scientists improve health, the environment and daily life
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ArticleAstraZeneca
Making medicines that change people’s lives is what AstraZeneca does, and so could you
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CareersHarnessing the power: AstraZeneca apprentices
How an AstraZeneca apprentice solved the business-wide problem of drug compound solubility
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CareersApprentice insight
Scientists share insights on Reading Scientific Service Limited’s apprenticeship scheme and advise their former selves
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Business3M slashes 1500 jobs globally
Reduction adds to 2000 layoffs announced in April, and is intended to save the company $110–120 million annually
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ResearchCobalt makes a comeback in hydroformylation catalysis
Cationic cobalt catalyst could drive down costs in widely-used process
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BusinessCancer and rare diseases dominated 2019 drug approvals
More streamlined review processes and changing R&D priorities have contributed to sustained increase in new medicines
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BusinessResearchers call for stricter rules on drug-like medical devices
More oversight is needed over products in the grey area between medical device and medication
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OpinionStartup EQRx claims it can revolutionise drug discovery
If it can deliver reasonable drugs at knock-down prices, will providers be convinced?
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PodcastTerephthalic acid
Once thought of as an interesting – but useless – turpentine derivative, this oddly-named acid became the precursor to one of the world’s most widely used plastics
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OpinionReviewing performance reviews
Assessing the value of researchers’ work is hard, but there are some easy ideas to avoid
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BusinessBalkan states face uphill task over environmental remediation
Abandoned chemical plants and stores pose cleanup challenges
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BusinessDeadly explosion at ethylene oxide plant in Spain
Two employees killed and seven others injured at Iqoxe plant in Tarragona
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BusinessTwo dead at US industrial tank cleaning site
Workers overcome by fumes in enclosed tanker truck
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BusinessUS bans most flavoured vaping cartridges
Cartridge-based e-cigarettes in flavours other than menthol or tobacco without regulatory approval will be removed from sale
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BusinessRevived Alzheimer’s antibody met with guarded optimism
Biogen’s aducanumab offers the possibility to slow disease progress, but regulators will likely want more convincing evidence
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ResearchCompact pharmaceutical factory manufactures drugs on demand
Plant with modular design would occupy about half the area of a squash court