All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 67
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Tufts’ $2.6bn drug development figure questioned
Details sought about how university determined cost of bringing a drug to market jumped 145% since 2003
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Business
DuPont quantifies scale of deadly chemical leak
10.4 tonnes of methyl mercaptan were released in La Porte, US
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NewsUS moves to tighten ozone limits
Industry and Republicans pushback against the EPA’s proposal to strengthen air quality standards
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NewsHard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs
An apparent upsurge in malpractice at forensics crime labs has prompted calls for tighter oversight and controls
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NewsObama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers
President takes action to make it easier for scientists and engineers born abroad to work and stay in the US
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Gates Foundation champions open access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will require research it funds to be published open access from next year
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NewsUS approves low acrylamide spud
The first genetically modified potato that produces less acrylamide has been granted approval in the US
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China poised to become top science spender
Budgetary pressures on EU, Japan and the US have positioned China to be the highest R&D funder by around 2019, OECD says
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Business
Ranbaxy sues over withdrawn US approvals
Company says decision is ‘unconstitutional’ and deprives it of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue
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BusinessMethyl mercaptan leak kills four workers
Cause of accident at US DuPont plant is still under investigation
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NewsFeud opens up over value of some US research
Top science committee Republican in fight with university association over NSF grant review process
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US drug development costs surge
The price of developing new prescription drugs in the US has increased 145% since 2003, Tufts data shows
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NewsUC Davis chemist sentenced to four years over explosion
Postdoc sentenced over attempt to make explosive device and reckless disposal of hazardous waste
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ResearchGlobetrotting carbon dioxide modelled by Nasa
Nasa’s new climate models visualise the movement of the greenhouse gas
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Mouse model to assess chemical exposure
Outbred mice can be used predict how human’s will respond to harmful chemicals with examination of chromosomal damage
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NewsGrad student blamed for research misconduct at Utah
Two papers have been retracted due to image falsification at the University of Utah
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NewsRepublican gains may spur US chemical rules reform
Industry groups suggest new Congress will clear the way for modernisation of 40-year-old legislation
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700 US troops report possible chemical agent exposure
Pentagon reveals hundreds of troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan may have been exposed to chemical weapons
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NewsUS states reject GM labelling laws
Oregon and Colorado vote against labelling genetically modified produce, after multimillion dollar campaigns by food companies
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Precious science cargo lost in rocket explosion
Several research projects slated for the International Space Station destroyed when Antares rocket fails