All articles by Patrick Walter – Page 7
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News
Chemist to be next president of US science organisation
Geraldine Richmond, a chemistry professor at the University of Oregon, will head the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Funding confirmed for another 19 doctoral centres
Extra centres will provide industrial training for a further 900 postgraduates
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Business
EU chemical agency gives first hazardous substance authorisation
Rolls Royce given first approval to use substance linked to birth defects under controlled conditions
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Business
Kemira now water-based after formic acid sale
Business sold to US agrichemical for €140 million
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Business
Chinese police seize £222m of fake drugs
1300 people are arrested in a nationwide crackdown on counterfeit medicines
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Business
AstraZeneca shells out $4.1bn for diabetes business
Bristol-Myers Squibb exits the diabetes field with plans to become a specialised biopharmaceutical company
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Business
Court overturns approval to grow GM potato in Europe
Europe’s second highest court rules that European commission did not follow its own rules when giving Amflora the green light
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Business
Honeywell invests $300m in green refrigerant
New manufacturing plant will produce a gas for car air conditioners that has a much lower global warming potential
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Little new for science in autumn statement
UK government announces money for quantum technology centres and a promise of more strategic planning for science
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New doctoral training centres get go ahead
More than 70 centres will train 3500 postgraduate students
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NewsTwo-time chemistry Nobelist Fred Sanger dies
Protein and DNA sequencing pioneer passes away at age 95
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Business
Air Products looks for alternative helium sources
Concerns over supplies lead to plan to extract the gas from carbon dioxide sinks
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Business
GSK forms Brazilian sustainable chemistry venture
Agreement with research organisation will launch centre for greener, cleaner drug production
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Research
Flame retardants levels in pregnant women fall following ban
Small study finds two-thirds drop in blood concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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NewsWith great blogging power… comes great responsibility
Revelations of suspected scientific malpractice have raised questions of just what role the online chemistry community should play in rooting out bad behaviour
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Business
Lundbeck appeals European antitrust fine
Danish pharmaceutical claims €93.8 million pay-for-delay penalty was the result of ‘serious legal and factual errors’
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Business
Syngenta takes legal action over pesticide ban
Company claims that the European commission’s two-year moratorium on neonicotinoids to protect bees was wrong
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Chinese scientist sentenced over research theft
Researcher working at US university given time served for charges relating to disappearance of vials of promising drug candidate
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NewsCall to arms on data integrity
Journal editor tells chemists to get tough on bad practices such as scrubbing spectra of embarrassing impurities