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Articles in Sept 18, 2006 issue of Chemistry and Industry

• Event diary
• Event diary
• Cleaning air with carbon
  by Alan J. Evans
• SCI event diary
• Science to heed public concerns
• WTO biotech probe
• Inhalable insulin
  by Emma Dorey
• Micro centrifuges
• Vioxx saga
• Greenhouse gases
  by Gerald V. Coles
• Tysabri drug rights battle to end
  by Emma Dorey
• Green tea antioxidant may extend tissue life
  by Patrick Walter
• Diary
• Sykes set firmly on success
  by Graham Lawton
• Giving chemistry a good rap
  by Graham Lawton
• Why food ethics?
  by Ruth Chadwick
• Bridging the biocidal gap
  by Derek Knight
• Sensors Update, vol. 3
  by Maria Petrou
• Project Management for the Process Industries
  by Peter Morris
• Organic chemistry
  by Andrew B. Holmes
• Organometallic chemistry
  by Kevin Burgess
• Inorganic chemistry
  by Timothy Hughbanks
• Reputation & the media
  by Neil Eisberg
• Crunch not all doom for chemicals
  by Patrick Walter
• BASF bid to absorb Ciba recommended by board
  by Mark Whitfield
• China blamed for fake agrochemicals
• Innovative drug pricing
  by Emma Dorey
• BP sticks it out in Russian dispute
  by Emma Dorey
• The US Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance on regulating genetically modified animals
• The world's first carbon capture and storage coal plant has opened in the Lausitz region of Germany
• San Antonio in Texas plans to become the first US city to harvest methane from human sewage and sell it on as fuel for power plants
• BPA's problems set to rumble on
  by Muriel Cozier
• Nuclear regulator criticised over safety
  by Patrick Walter
• PBDE levels higher in children
  by Muriel Cozier
• Sticky problem of superbug vaccine
  by Emma Dorey
• US FDA opens up with drug watch list
• Meteorites made first atmosphere
  by Cath O'Driscoll
• Green rust for a greener environment
  by Cath O'Driscoll
• Micro-organism's nanostructure may lead to better sensors
  by Cath O'Driscoll
• On-the-spot DNA identification
  by Cath O'Driscoll
• Setting the PACE
• Colour-changing bacteria spot pollutants
  by Patrick Walter
• Nano-ship delivers payload
  by Jon Evans
• Colloids on the assembly line
  by Jon Evans
• Drug giant Pfizer has agreed to pay biotech firm Medivation up to $725m for Dimebon, a treatment for Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases
• Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory in the US have created an 'omnivorous' engine that can run efficiently on different mixtures of petrol, ethanol and butanol
• Danish biotechnology company Genencor has teamed up with tyre maker Goodyear to produce a bio-based isoprene for the production of synthetic rubber
• UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Smithers Rapra
• Sanofi-Aventis
• Solvay Solexis, a subsidiary of Belgian chemical major Solvay, has acquired Ajedium Film Group
  by Neil Eisberg
• US biopharma concern ImClone Systems has rejected as inadequate a $60/share acquisition bid from Bristol-Myers Squibb
  by Neil Eisberg
• US speciality chemicals producer Dow Corning has signed a joint development and marketing agreement with the recently formed natural oils based speciality concern Elevance Renewable Sciences
  by Neil Eisberg
• UK producer of oxygen-based bleaching systems Warwick International has been bought out by its management team in a 129m [pounds sterling] deal backed by London-based private equity firm Close Brothers
  by Neil Eisberg
• Japanese pharma concern Shionogi is acquiring US producer of branded prescription products Sciele Pharma for $1.1bn
  by Neil Eisberg
• US speciality chemical company Rockwood Holdings has sold its Advantis pool and spa chemicals business to Arch Chemicals
  by Neil Eisberg
• Geneart
  by Neil Eisberg
• Polymer major LyondellBasell Industries, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago, The National Gas Company of Trinidad & Tobago, the National Energy Corporation of Trinidad & Tobago, and the German engineering company Lurgi have signed a project d
  by Neil Eisberg
• Huntsman
  by Neil Eisberg
• Borealis
  by Neil Eisberg
• LyondellBasell Industries
  by Neil Eisberg
• Algerian fertiliser company Sofert Algerie has commissioned German engineering company Uhde to provide licensing, engineering and supply services as part of a contract to build a $2bn fertiliser complex in Arzew, Algeria
  by Neil Eisberg
• Integrated Biodiesel Industries
  by Neil Eisberg
• Evonik Industries
  by Neil Eisberg
• Rohm and Haas
  by Neil Eisberg
• Rhodia has joined the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the nonfinancial global index of the 250 most efficient companies in social and environmental responsibility
  by Neil Eisberg
• International Association for Soaps, detergents and Maintenance Products
  by Neil Eisberg
• Mexico's bakery concern Grupo Bimbo is utilising [d.sub.2]w additive technology supplied by UK specialist in oxo-degradable plastic technology Symphony
  by Neil Eisberg
• Bench-top
  by Neil Eisberg
• Crop protection blooms: Agrochem businesses are forecasting a bountiful future
  by Neil Eisberg
• Petrochemicals: still growing: with the demand for chemicals growing well above world GDP, this is an exciting time to be in the petrochemical industry
  by Ann McRae
• Petrochemicals: capacity crunch: a glut of anticipated petchems capacity will add to producers' worries over a possible prolonged downturn in the global economy
  by Paul Hodges
• Fungus factories: additives from fungi are already widely used in the food industry, and plenty more await discovery
  by Sarah Mellor
• Data mining for drugs: advances in extracting more information from chemical data would do much to improve drug discovery
  by Graeme Robertson
• Supporting GM trials in the UK is fundamentally about supporting scientific research: Julian Little is chairman of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council —an umbrella group for the agricultural biotechnology industry in the UK
• Organic chemistry
  by G. Richard Stephenson
• Organometallics
  by Kevin Burgess
• Let them eat cake!
  by Terry Sharp
• 26th SCI Process Development Symposium: international meeting to present the latest in theory and practice
  by Graham McDougald
• Half a century of chemistry education: interview with Sir David Harrison

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