All North America articles – Page 20
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BusinessLong road to recovery for Puerto Rico pharmaceuticals
As inhabitants begin to rebuild their lives after the devastation of hurricane Maria, the island’s drug manufacturers are recovering slowly
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NewsTrump’s latest immigration edict worries US research community
White House’s updated and expanded rules will harm the US’s scientific enterprise, science advocates and research universities warn
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NewsUS university diversity scheme to learn from UK experience
Initiative to be launched next month will support women in science and be broadened to race and beyond
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NewsUS rules for ‘dual-use’ research found lacking
Regulations may overlook studies of concern and needlessly hamper other work
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NewsPublic record requests concern chemists
The increasing use of US freedom of information requests to obtain research grants could threaten intellectual property and innovation
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BusinessHurricanes’ chemical consequences
Gulf coast petrochemical plants move to restart operations, while concerns persist about the fallout from hurricane Irma
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NewsCanada invests in basic science
Government to inject half a billion dollars into fundamental research through discovery grants, scholarships and fellowships
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BusinessFDA warns Pfizer subsidiary over Epipen malfunctions
Manufacturer did not fully investigate reports of patients dying after auto-injector failures
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NewsUS chemical assessment programme under fire
Environment agency’s integrated risk information system attacked at congressional hearing
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BusinessEli Lilly to cut 3500 jobs
Company will close sites in US and China, and provide incentives for early retirement
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ResearchSubsea oil dispersants a success at Deepwater disaster
Dispersant injection near well head at Gulf of Mexico disaster site cut volatile organic chemical emissions significantly
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NewsWhat’s happening at the Arkema chemical plant
Why chemicals at the plant devastated by hurricane Harvey have ignited
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NewsAAAS ‘highly concerned’ by Trump’s disregard for science advice
World’s largest scientific society worried by Trump administration’s disbanding of climate assessment advisory panel
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NewsChemical safety head ‘cautiously optimistic’ her agency will be saved
Chair of the US Chemical Safety Board is hopeful that Congress will stop Trump from dropping it
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NewsWhite House lays out longer term R&D priorities
Trump administration says military superiority, prosperity, energy dominance and health deserve ‘special focus’ in R&D budgets
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BusinessChemical and pharma bosses quit US manufacturing council
President Trump disbands the group after multiple advisers resign in protest against his stance on racism
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NewsUS chemical lobby welcomes congressional probe of cancer research agency
House panel requests an NIH briefing about why it didn’t publish glyphosate study results
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NewsEPA clears chemicals backlog
Mixed reaction to US agency’s announcement that it has ‘eliminated’ the logjam of 600 new chemicals undergoing review
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News40,000 pounds of meth precursor seized from ship in Mexico
720 drums of chemical phenyl acetic acid taken off cargo ship from China
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BusinessGenesis Energy to buy alkali business from Tronox
Tronox to spend proceeds on Cristal purchase