All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 52
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BusinessDuPont found liable in third bellwether cancer case
US court orders firm to pay $2m in damages to man whose disease has been linked to contaminated water supply
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NewsSpending cap set to cripple Brazilian science for 20 years
Constitutional amendment will mean research funding will be frozen at current levels for two decades
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BusinessSyngenta subsidiary faces fine over pesticide exposure
US environment agency wants firm to pay $5 million after workers hospitalised after coming into contact with chlorpyrifos
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NewsTrump’s cabinet picks worry science community
Selections prompt fears of roll-back on environmental research and mass reorganisations of science agencies
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BusinessWashington state sues Monsanto over PCBs
Attorney general wants to recoup damages and cleanup costs related to polychlorinated biphenyls
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BusinessTrump names Dow Chief to head US manufacturing council
US president-elect appoints Andrew Liveris, despite lacking appropriate authority
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BusinessEndo drops opioid painkiller rights and cuts US sales force
375 staff to go as Endo says its established pain drugs ‘no longer require field promotion’
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NewsBig budget boost for US medical research
Cancer, precision medicine and health research receive funding boost in bill derided by some as a giveaway for pharma
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BusinessBoehringer Ingelheim sheds more jobs in the US
Over 240 staff to go as company refocuses on immuno-oncology
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BusinessChemical plant workers’ month-long strike
Momentive Performance Materials has drafted temporary contractors in dispute over benefits
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BusinessPfizer pulls back on UK and Ireland facilities
€400 million manufacturing plant expansion cancelled and two facilities to close
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NewsUS budgets may remain frozen, harming science agencies
Congress might punt funding decisions for 2017 into the new year, worrying the science community
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NewsRed faces at Clarivate over highly cited emails
Many researchers received false notifications they are ‘highly cited researchers’ for 2016
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NewsUS universities face continued federal R&D funding fall
Federal support for higher education R&D in America has dropped 13% since fiscal year 2011
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NewsTaiwan moves to create chemical safety agency
Government plans to establish a bureau to oversee chemicals following a serious food contamination scandal in 2011
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NewsTrump’s election sparks anxiety among scientists
Research community fears a Trump presidency will harm US science, but the biotech and pharma industry are more upbeat
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BusinessUS extends permission for combination pesticide
EPA finds no synergy concerns with Dow’s Enlist Duo and reverses restrictions on its approval
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NewsChemical industry applauds passage of EU–Canada trade deal
Long-awaited Ceta free trade agreement will be good news for the chemical industry in both regions
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BusinessLinde to cut costs and jobs
German industrial gas giant to restructure to save €550 million a year from 2019