Chemical industry – Page 51
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FeatureUnderstanding Alzheimer’s
After hundreds of failed drug candidates, James Mitchell Crow asks if this is the last roll of the dice for the amyloid theory of Alzheimer’s disease
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BusinessBig business computing
Chemical and oil firms are using supercomputers to improve every part of their operations. Angeli Mehta reports
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Feature3D printing in pharma
Nina Notman explores how 3D printing is carving out a niche for itself in the pharmaceutical industry
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BusinessChemicals caught in the middle as tariffs loom
America’s chemicals and plastics industry stands to lose $5bn if US–China dispute escalates
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BusinessDeal protects world’s biggest selling drug from biosimilar erosion
AbbVie and Samsung Bioepis resolve patent litigation over arthritis drug Humira
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BusinessIndia creates national drugs database to address supply and quality issues
Regulatory body takes steps to reform how it manages and monitors pharmaceuticals
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BusinessNovartis’ $8.7bn AveXis deal shows gene therapy appeal
Acquisition indicates the value of potentially permanent cures for inherited diseases
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BusinessAkzoNobel sells off specialty chemicals arm in €10bn deal
Private equity firm Carlyle sees off several other bidders
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OpinionWill robots make you redundant?
Smart machines could soon outpace even the best organic chemist
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ResearchSolving the crystal maze
Workflow swaps gut feelings for data when designing continuous crystallisation processes
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NewsWhat you need to know about neonicotinoids
The latest on the concerns raised about the pesticides’ impact on bees
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BusinessFit for repurpose
Drugs that can be used for new indications offer a potentially cheaper pathway – but only if the investors can recoup their costs
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WhitepaperA guide to searching and using Markush structures
Chemical patents are often very long and difficult to read. Markush searching can enable you to easily categorise and filter the information you need, giving you the insights that a paper sometimes cannot.
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FeatureCuba: socialism, cigars and biotech
Nina Notman learns how biotechnology could potentially overtake cigars as Cuba’s most famous export
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NewsBrexit analysis predicts chemical industry contraction
UK government forced to publish briefing that suggests production will fall by up to 16%
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BusinessUS steel and aluminium tariffs threaten chemical and plastics sectors
Trump administration to levy 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminium
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ArticlePharma and academia: a recipe for success
More big pharmaceutical companies are collaborating with universities
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BusinessBattery builders get the cobalt blues
Demand for battery metals surges on the back of a global appetite for electric vehicles
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NewsEnglish health service could recover £500m in drug costs from Pfizer
NHS England may have paid over the odds for pain drug whose patent has now been revoked