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OpinionWhy picking projects is like poker
Sometimes you prefer the high-risk, high-reward project to the ‘sure thing’
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Business
FDA freezes foreign facility inspections amid coronavirus pandemic
US regulator will rely on border checks and shared data, but some approval processes may be delayed
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Business
Coronavirus pandemic will disrupt international supply chains
Halted production and transport restrictions are straining industries that rely heavily on China for supplies
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Business
RNA vaccines are coronavirus frontrunners
Several groups have potential Sars-CoV-2 vaccines ready or close to testing, thanks to rapid development pathways
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Opinion
Fossil industries promise net emissions reductions
Can the oil industry really curb its carbon output fast enough to impact climate targets?
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Opinion
Two heads are better than one
Bifunctionals show that sometimes simply tethering two useful molecules together unlocks some useful activity
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Business
Solar-powered water purification
Majico’s photocatalytic water kiosks are increasing access to affordable drinking water in Tanzania
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News
Number of industrial chemicals being produced globally grossly underestimated
Analysis of national chemical inventories finds three times as many chemicals registered for production as previously thought
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Business
The race to fight coronavirus
While genome sequences enable testing and vaccine efforts, companies are donating existing antiviral drugs to explore repurposing
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Business
Eliminating sticky situations with Adaptive Surface Technologies
The company’s multi-purpose coating concept can increase the fuel efficiency of ships and reduce the risk of infection in hospitals
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Business
3M 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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Business
Cancer 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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Business
Researchers 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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Opinion
Startup 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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Opinion
Reviewing performance reviews
Assessing the value of researchers’ work is hard, but there are some easy ideas to avoid
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Business
Balkan states face uphill task over environmental remediation
Abandoned chemical plants and stores pose cleanup challenges
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Business
Deadly explosion at ethylene oxide plant in Spain
Two employees killed and seven others injured at Iqoxe plant in Tarragona
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Business
Two dead at US industrial tank cleaning site
Workers overcome by fumes in enclosed tanker truck
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Business
US 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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Business
Revived 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
