All Government articles – Page 15
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Business
Chemicals industry roundup 2022
Russia’s invation of Ukraine mounted further pressure onto already strained supply chains
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Business
Pharmaceuticals roundup 2022
Following the huge success of vaccines and treatments for covid-19, companies are upping their investment in R&D and dealmaking
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Business
Judge dismisses ranitidine lawsuits over lack of evidence
Drug degrades to produce nitrosamines, but the judge ruled the link between this and plaintiffs’ cancers could not be proven
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Business
Theranos leaders to be imprisoned for blood testing fraud
Sunny Balwani and Elizabeth Holmes will both serve more than 10 years
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Business
US government intervenes to avert rail strike
Congress enforces a contract deal to prevent a national rail shutdown that would effectively halt chemicals production
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News
Situation at Ukrainian nuclear plants worrying as shelling and power cuts threaten containment
Back-up diesel generators have been needed to maintain cooling at plants across the country
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Business
At least 38 killed in industrial fire in China
Sparks from welding work appear to have ignited textiles at the plant
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News
Additional support for UK R&D amid Horizon Europe impasse
Government commits almost £500 million to ease pressure on research sector
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News
European parliament restores research funding
Extra funding found for Horizon Europe and Erasmus student programme
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News
UK government upholds £20 billion commitment to research and development
But a longer-term pledge of £22 billion has quietly disappeared in Jeremy Hunt’s first autumn statement as chancellor
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Opinion
What to expect when your customer’s quality auditor visits
Checking a chemical plant is meeting standards
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News
Call for UK government to ban plastic waste exports
Parliamentary committee emphasises reducing and reusing plastics to eliminate waste
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News
Polymer chemistry poised to make plastic waste traceable
Researchers suggest how science can work with the law to tackle plastic pollution
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News
World’s militaries urged to account for their outsized carbon footprints
Global military emissions – not currently reported – should be accurately logged in national inventories of greenhouse gas emissions, UK experts argue
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Business
Europe gears up for streamlined patent system
Delayed Unified Patent Court set to begin operating in April
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News
Researchers in Brazil welcome Lula’s return to power
After four years of Bolsonaro, researchers and academics across the country are optimistic that things will now improve
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News
George Freeman returns to government as science minister
UK currently has two science ministers
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News
There’s a lot at stake for research in Brazil’s imminent presidential election
Brazilian universities lack money for labs and maintenance, and fear things will only get Bolsonaro is re-elected
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Business
European chemicals industry struggling to compete as costs surge
BASF plans major cost cuts as energy crisis saps profits