Long reads
Industry adopts quantum computing, qubit by qubit
Companies looking to solve complex chemistry problems are among early adopters of quantum technology
Emerging from the US opioid crisis
With litigation against suppliers in full swing, how does the US counter its addiction to powerful painkillers?
Throw-away culture
Single-use bioreactors are transforming bio-manufacturing processes
Profiles
Fighting fake medicines
RxAll’s handheld scanner assesses drug quality in real time via a smartphone
Building a biological biocide
Aqualution Systems produces stable hypochlorous acid, a natural biocide up to 300 times more effective than bleach
Smartwound dressings spot infection early
Bacterial toxins burst dye-filled vesicles to give a visual warning
Battling the US opioid epidemic
Adapt pharma’s naloxone nasal spray makes treating overdoses easier
Opinion
Is this a golden age of new drug classes?
A host of new treatment modes are hitting the clinic and the market
Is Bayer regretting its Monsanto takeover?
Large damages in Roundup litigation have got investors questioning the move
It's complicated
In a complex world, binary answers are often requested but rarely sufficient
The case for South Africa as the next pharma hub
Flow chemistry could drive regional manufacturing in Africa
More Business News
Deadly explosion at US chemical plant
Isobutylene tank explosion kills one and hospitalises two at KMCO plant in Crosby
DowDuPont ends fungicide dog experiment amid public pressure
Brazil agrees regulatory waiver for ‘unnecessary’ experiment highlighted in US Humane Society undercover footage
47 dead in China chemicals plant explosion
Enormous blast at China chemicals producer flattens large parts of industrial park and injures more than 600 people
Power-hungry Tesla picks up supercapacitor maker
Maxwell Technologies deal highlights potential for supercapacitors in electric vehicles and beyond
Smartwound dressings spot infection early
Bacterial toxins burst dye-filled vesicles to give a visual warning
Biotech’s boom year
2018 saw record sums raised by companies floating on stock exchanges
GSK and Pfizer joint venture creates new consumer healthcare giant
Enlarged GSK consumer health will have largest market share of any firm and be a leader in key countries
Bayer to cut 12000 jobs
Sartan drug contamination brings cancer uncertainty
Sensing the sweet spot
Arrests in China follow massive leak into the Taiwan Strait
Transforming PET imaging with silicon
Lords criticise post-Brexit regulation plans
Small biocides companies face uncertain fate
Cancer immunotherapy spreads rapidly
Novartis to cut over 2000 jobs
‘No deal’ Brexit guidance fails to reassure UK chemical industry