Business news – Page 4
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BusinessUK plans carbon emission tariffs on imports
Government is consulting on plans to prevent ‘carbon leakage’, as well as extending emissions trading scheme to 2050
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WebinarUnlocking the future of the chemical industry: the transformative potential of biocatalysis
Learn how scientists are addressing the use of biocatalysis or chemoenzymatic catalysis within industry
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BusinessExplosion at Indonesian nickel plant kills 19 workers
Police halt operations at the nickel smelting facility on Sulawesi island, while workers call for better safety measures
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BusinessMonsanto must pay $857 million over PCB exposure at a Washington school
US jury orders Bayer subsidiary to compensate seven people who claim to have been sickened by chemicals leaking from a school’s light fixtures
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BusinessOil terminal fire and explosion in Guinea kills 18
Over 200 injured, and loss of fuel stores threatens power generation
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BusinessDeadly liquid nitrogen leak at US poultry plant deemed preventable
Incident that killed six workers resulted from multiple equipment and process failures
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BusinessIllumina to give up Grail as competition appeals fail
Sequencing giant will sell off its former spin-out in accordance with regulator orders
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BusinessChemicals roundup 2023
Chemical companies entered cost-cutting mode in a year dominated by overcapacity and slow demand
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BusinessPharmaceuticals roundup 2023
Regulatory and pricing reforms have topped industry agendas in 2023, while weight loss drugs surged and Covid-19 therapies waned
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OpinionSaving the sounds of Superstition
Preserving the look, feel and sound of degrading plastic artefacts presents particular problems
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NewsLandmark intellectual property ruling could offer new opportunities for chemists working with AI
UK court’s decision that an artificial neural network can be patented could have widespread ramifications
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BusinessDanaher completes $5.7 billion Abcam acquisition
Deal proceeded despite significant opposition from founder and ex-chief Jonathan Milner
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BusinessLife-saving cancer gene therapy under investigation after being linked to rare secondary cancers
US drug agency examining six CAR-T therapies after reports of T-cell malignancies
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BusinessLapsed US chemical security programme leaves facilities at risk
At least 200 new facilities acquired chemicals in the past four months that require better safeguarding, US agency estimates
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OpinionCompounding problems
Regulating the line between a vital service and grey-market profiteering is a mess
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BusinessNorthvolt to bring sodium-ion batteries to European market
Swedish firm highlights cells’ cheap and sustainable materials for energy storage
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OpinionAre chemicals the elephant in the sustainability room?
What the transition to a net zero, circular economy means for chemists and the chemicals industry
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BusinessUK becomes first country in the world to authorise a Crispr-based gene therapy
Treatment aims to cure patients with β-thalassaemia and sickle-cell disease
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BusinessWeight-loss drug shortages prompt copycats and counterfeits
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have struggled to meet huge demand for new hormone mimic obesity treatments