Matt Wilkinson
NewsRecycling CO2 to make plastic
A firm converting carbon dioxide into plastic is one of several receiving US funding to push research into creating useful products from the waste gas
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Bittersweet victory for GSK's Avandia
GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug looks set to remain on the market, but the firm is facing over £1.5 billion in various legal bills and settlements
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Biotechs plot path of least resistance
As big pharma turns its back on antibiotics in the wake of growing drug resistance, biotech companies are stepping in to develop new therapies
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Chemistry at Sussex under threat again
The future of the chemistry department at the University of Sussex, UK, has once again come under threat
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Nanotecture powers up
Nanotecture is gearing up to commercialise a new nanoporous material that it believes will find uses in a wide range of electricity storage applications
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CF wins turf war for Terra
CF Industries looks to have won the turf wars after its $4.7 billion bid beats Yara out of the bidding for Terra
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An agile future
Nick Roelofs, president of Agilent's life sciences group, discusses how the company is planning to ride the waves of the economic recovery
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Beyond terra firma
Matt Wilkinson reports on InXitu's award winning portable x-ray diffraction/x-ray fluorescence system
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Agrochem R&D strangled by red tape
Increasing burden of field trial data is hindering the development of new crop protection agents
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Merck joins the cost-cutting crowd
Following its merger with Schering-Plough, Merck & Co. has announced a 'merger restructuring plan' that will see 17,500 jobs cut
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Air Products to swallow Airgas
Air Products has launched a $7 billion takeover bid for rival gas supplier Airgas to gain access to the US bottled gas market
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More cuts pharma R&D budgets
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer are both following AstraZeneca's lead in cutting their research and development budgets.
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Braskem aims for the skies
Brazil's Braskem merges with its rival Quattor Petroquimica to become the Americas' largest resin producer
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Bayer to reduce cost of chlorine production
New chlorine production process uses 30 per cent less energy than current methods, says Bayer
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What's in a pill?
Up to 30 per cent of all off-patent drugs in the EU could contain falsified active ingredients
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Mechanised nanocapsules target drug delivery
Supramolecular machines attached to nanoparticles allow the controlled release of their encapsulated cargo
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Company Profile: Quotient multiplied
Less than three years after forming, Quotient Bioscience is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical outsourcing companies in the UK. Matt Wilkinson went to meet them
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Aluminium helps date solar system
Aluminium isotope provides new insights into the solar system's formation
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Chemicals sector bumping along the bottom
While some economic indicators hint the recession may be easing, the chemicals sector is still at rock bottom