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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BusinessSyngenta plans to close Grangemouth manufacturing site
Shutting export-focused pesticide plant would cut 377 jobs
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BusinessMerck & Co’s US antibiotic withdrawal sends the wrong signals for combating resistance
Loss of last-resort combination Recarbrio reignites questions on how to pay for crucial but rarely-used drugs
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ArticleA Nobel for chiral catalysts’ helping hand
This year’s laureates didn’t invent asymmetric synthesis, but filled in our understanding of how it works and how we can do it better
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BusinessNovo goes on deal spree amid semaglutide patent expiries
Danish firm aims to bolster pipeline of weight-loss and metabolic disease therapies
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OpinionSanctions, regulation and prices restrict access to medicines
Having medicines available when we need them is a privilege, but access more globally is complex and relies on sometimes fragile supply systems.
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BusinessUS watchdog calls for voluntary replacement for expired chemical plant security programme
Government Accountability Office urges reintroduction of vetting for terrorist threats
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ResearchTool flags ‘lurking menace’ isomers before they become an expensive problem for drug developers
Open-source workflow developed at AstraZeneca screens drug candidates for atropisomerism
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NewsIndustry-sponsored study concludes recycling initiatives outperform cap on virgin plastic production
Cap would cost consumers more than landfill taxes but research didn’t consider health and environment under business-as-usual
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Business300MW electrolyser construction starts off Spanish ‘hydrogen valley’
Project tests benefits of siting in renewable energy-rich country
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OpinionIneos temporarily closes UK acetyls plants
Owing to high high gas prices, the plants are uncompetitive, despite their high efficiency
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BusinessScreening therapeutic peptides for ‘undruggable’ proteins
Revolver Therapeutics targets transcription factors that are hard to reach with conventional drugs and antibodies
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OpinionFeeding AI’s appetite for data
Tapping companies’ archives makes for better predictions of how proteins bind drugs, but any data inputs need to be transparent and attributed
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NewsEPA to revoke emissions limits on fossil fuel power plants
Trump administration estimates that its action will save over $300bn, but opponents criticise decision to ‘eliminate limits on climate pollution’
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PodcastDrugging the ‘undruggable’ cancer proteins & conserving the Bayeux Tapestry
How did molecular glues help crack one of cancer’s toughest targets? And we explore the chemistry behind the investigation and conservation of the Bayeux Tapestry.
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BusinessDeadly ammonia leak at fertiliser plant in Iraq
Two dead and 114 injured in incident at state-operated plant in Basra industrial area
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Opinion‘Molecular glues’ are sticking it to cancer
Compounds that enhance selected protein–protein interactions to interfere with signalling or send proteins to be destroyed are making it possible to influence processes that were previously considered ‘undruggable’
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BusinessProtein degrading breast cancer drugs navigate bumpy road to market
Camizestrant is now approved in US, UK and Europe despite uncertainty over long-term benefit, while vepdegestrant is approved in the US
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OpinionDeadly reminders of the importance of risk assessment
Serious incidents in two university labs highlight the importance of knowing what to do when things go wrong
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BusinessUS approves pancreatic cancer treatment that targets ‘undruggable’ proteins
Daraxonrasib success offers hope of further approvals for Ras-inhibitor drug candidates targeting various cancers
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ResearchUpcycling sulfide-laden wastewater offers way to shelter chemical industries from sulfur supply crisis
Researchers suggest that method could generate a profit of up to $200 per tonne of sulfur recovered