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Business roundup: March 2008
Can biologics go generic? US President George Bush has called for legislation to enable the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve generic versions of biologic (typically protein-based) drugs (see also Chemistry World, January 2008, p16). But a key lawmaker, Representative John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and ...
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Avandia not to blame for patient deaths, study finds
A large-scale clinical study of diabetes treatments has found no evidence to link GlaxoSmithKline's type 2 diabetes drug Avandia
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The trouble with antibiotics
Eighty years ago a mouldy Petri dish changed the face of medicine, and Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin spurred a golden age of antibiotic research
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Doubts over US and EU nanosafety drives
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have recently stepped up efforts to monitor the potential impacts of nanotechnology on the environment and public health
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BP to help CAS commercialise clean energy technologies
Commercialise clean technologies for China's local needs
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Anti-cholesterol drugs may damage cellular power station
Survey of 2500 compounds uncovers surprising effects on mitochondria
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Rhodium fast tracks route to lactones
Canadian scientists have pioneered an efficient rhodium-catalysed way to make lactones
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Seashells inspire space age material
Spacecraft could be made from strong and flexible materials based on mother of pearl
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Taking the measure of atomic friction
Researchers have determined how much force is needed to drag a single atom across a surface
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Chemists tame acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde prevented from running amok in the Mannich reaction, opening up new avenues in drug discovery
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Nanofibre tape is sticky stuff
Surgeons and climbers could benefit from new materials inspired by gecko's feet
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Flicking the acetyl switch
Proteins containing acetylated amino acids may clarify how key cellular processes are controlled
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Security of US nuclear research facilities in doubt
Lax security at university research reactors and Los Alamos criticised by congressional watchdog