Chemical industry
The latest news from across the chemistry-using industries, including pharmaceuticals, fine and speciality chemicals, agrochemicals and petrochemicals, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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NewsUS government cancels mRNA vaccine research
Experts fear industrial and academic research may move abroad after infectious disease projects cancelled
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Opinion‘Creative destruction’ in the chemistry lab
Some obsolete lab equipment is quickly replaced, while other items are stubbornly persistent. What modern tech will survive to the 2060s?
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BusinessMerck & Co to cut 6000 jobs, Moderna to cut around 500
Both firms aiming to make significant reductions in annual costs by reorganising
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BusinessDuPont and spin-offs settle with New Jersey over PFAS contamination
Proposed deal with the US state includes $875 million in damages, plus clean-up funds
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OpinionIntergovernmental panel on chemicals, waste and pollution needs diverse input
Balancing industrial expertise against unwanted commercial influence is not easy but shouldn’t be discounted
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NewsUS EPA accused of skewing soil testing data after East Palestine disaster
Environmental Protection Agency will review decisions made during emergency response
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ResearchTen years on, pharma industry still testing for implausible alkyl sulfonate ester contaminants
Risk assessment for potential mutagenic side-products is still required by regulatory bodies, despite lack of evidence they form during drug production
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BusinessSarepta gene therapy deaths highlight tragic rare disease dilemma
Regulators block Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment after fatal side-effects outweigh questionable efficacy
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OpinionLosing sleep over pesticide exposure
Managing exposure risks poses questions about the extent of producers’ and regulators’ responsibilities for safety
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OpinionChina’s drug development charge
Reforms and state support have fuelled domestic and foreign investment in pharmaceutical
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News‘I barely sleep for four hours’: Are pesticides robbing farmers worldwide of sleep?
Studies point to an emerging link between a range of pesticides and insomnia
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NewsChemistry ‘cold spots’ emerging across the UK, RSC warns
Some regions face a future with fewer chemists
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BusinessTwo more European crackers to close
Sabic will not reopen UK plant and Dow will close another in Germany
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BusinessWill HIV prevention get where it’s needed?
Gilead and its partners’ efforts to distribute generic lenacapavir could be derailed by cuts in international aid budgets
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OpinionGetting good at human tasks
’What do you mean you had to lock the NMR with an oscilloscope and shim the magnet by hand?’
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BusinessFatal explosion and fire at Indian pharmaceutical ingredients plant
At least 42 dead and 25 injured at Sigachi Industries near Hyderabad
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Business11 executives jailed over Italian PFAS pollution
Convictions relate to groundwater contamination around Miteni fluorochemicals plant
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BusinessUS approves twice yearly injection to prevent HIV
Yeztugo (lenacapavir) provided near-total protection against infection in clinical trials