Phillip Broadwith
As Business editor, my aim is to highlight to readers the exciting and innovative chemistry going on in the commercial sector, as well as keeping you abreast of trends and developments in the world of chemistry businesses.
From the point I left school, my aim was to join the pharmaceutical industry. A gap year and summer placements in company labs, and a PhD in organic synthesis followed.
But halfway through my PhD I entered a writing competition run by the Daily Telegraph. I managed to win – somewhat to my own surprise. That changed my perspective and made me think that I should consider writing more seriously as a career. I joined the Royal Society of Chemistry just before submitting my thesis, and luckily a position with Chemistry World came up a few months later. I sometimes miss the thrills (less so the spills) of lab work, but interacting with world-leading scientists and industrialists, as well as learning new things on a daily basis more than makes up for it.
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BusinessCompany profile: Ellutia
Ellutia takes GC beyond the ‘box-in-the-lab’, with its customised chromatography
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Argument ignores consumers’ responsibility driven by our energy demands
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€1.6bn deal covers 2400 employees at sites in Europe, Asia and the Americas
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Robots will increasingly work alongside humans to solve complex problems
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Immuno-oncology deal sees firms exchange licensing rights for antibody drugs
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Despite manay advantages, the move to flow chemistry in fine and speciality chemicals is slow
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