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VOLUME 91, NUMBER 45 NOVEMBER 11, 2013
COVER STORY
GOING FOR GROWTH Large chemical firms buy strategic specialties and sell older commodities. PAGE 13
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Innovation is back in the pharmaceutical industry.”
NEWS OF THE WEEK 8
Messy dispute over olefin metathesis patents involves big names in both the U.S. and Europe. 9
GOVERNMENT & POLICY 22 23
CONCENTRATES CHARTING A CLIMATE-CHANGE COURSE
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United Nations meeting in Warsaw tries for a new treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
JAPAN SCORES SOME BLACK INK
Many chemical firms return to profitability, buoyed by a cheaper yen.
XAVIER JEANJEAN, VICE PRESIDENT, SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ISOCHEM PAGE 19
PATENT SUIT OVER NOBEL-WINNING WORK
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POWDER QUALITY CONTROL
Small molecules in powder form can be structurally determined via NMR and computers, researchers report. 10
AVOIDING CLIMATE-CHANGE DISASTERS
President Obama starts a task force to find ways to mitigate climate-change impacts. 10
NEW LIGHT ON CANCER
Light-activated polymer nanoparticles can better deliver cancer drugs, study finds. 11
HOW PROTEINS COME UNDONE
Experiment to study protein-unfolding matches speed of computer simulations. 11
CYNTHIA BURROWS TO LEAD JOURNAL
University of Utah 27 chemistry professor succeeds Joan Valentine as editor of Accounts of Chemical Research.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 27 28
CONCENTRATES CALIBRATING ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
To improve climate models, the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry sets reaction standards.
THE DEPARTMENTS BUSINESS 18 19
CONCENTRATES PHARMA MARKET LOOKING BRIGHT
In Germany, CPhI conference attendees see a new generation of drugs on the horizon.
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