Chemical industry – Page 40
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Business
‘No deal’ Brexit guidance fails to reassure UK chemical industry
UK government issues guidance on chemical regulation and patent law if the UK leaves the EU without agreement
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Business
India moves to ban cocktail drugs
Government injunction on 328 fixed dose combinations is strongly opposed by manufacturers
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Business
Landmark China cancer drug full approval ‘first of a wave’
Chi-Med’s fruquintinib is a result of China’s evolving drug innovation and regulation
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News
Bitter feuding at Cochrane healthcare audit body paralyses organisation
One member has been expelled from the governing board while another four resign with accusations of pharmaceutical industry bias flying
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Business
Building resilience to climate threats
As extreme weather events become more frequent, chemical and pharmaceutical producers are taking steps to fend them off in future
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Research
Genentech antibiotic quells resistance
Modified arylomycin combines high potency with new mechanism of action
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Business
Europe opens gates to CAR-T
First two modified T-Cell cancer therapies approved in the EU, but prices may be prohibitive for public health systems
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Feature
Reaching a milestone
The decade-long process to register all chemicals used in Europe has concluded. Nina Notman takes stock of progress and looks to the next steps for chemical legislation in the region
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Business
US court overturns plant safety rule delay
Appeal finds Trump’s postponement of the 2017 Chemical Disaster Rule was unlawful
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News
Chemical reaction database in danger of closing down
Chemical Safety Library containing information on hazardous reactions is seeking a partner to help it stay afloat
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Opinion
Feeding the confusion
When it comes to working out what foods do to our bodies, mostly we just don’t know
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News
Accidents at cannabis cultivation facilities worry industry chemists
Incidents at marijuana growing facilities have caught the attention of the American Chemical Society, and its cannabis chemistry subdivision
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Opinion
Behind enemy lines
When trade war breaks out, globalised industries ship out to dodge tariffs
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Business
US approves first RNA interference drug
Alnylam’s Onpattro (patisiran) can treat a rare hereditary disease by silencing a specific gene
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Business
Businesses use blockchain to take on trustlessness
Big companies are looking to blockchain technology to track transactions, finds Andy Extance, while upstarts exploit its cryptocurrency origins
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Business
US government ordered to ban chlorpyrifos insecticide
Court gives EPA 60 days to finalise a ban, which was proposed under Obama but reversed by the Trump administration
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News
EPA move could bring asbestos back in America
Health advocates fret at US environment agency’s proposal to make ‘new uses’ of asbestos-containing products legal, but EPA says not to worry