
Phillip Broadwith
Editor at Chemistry World
Business Editor for @chemistryworld, when I'm not dancing, cricketing or at the allotment. All opinions my own.
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1 week ago |
chemistryworld.com | Phillip Broadwith
Can plants adapt to be compatible with a lower-carbon environment? Once Petroineos’s Grangemouth refinery closes this year, the UK will have five working oil refineries, down from a peak of 18 in the 1970s. As demand for fossil-derived fuels declines, and competition from abroad intensifies, that number seems set to fall further. The surviving plants will likely be those that are already moving toward cleaner, more efficient, and more sustainable operation.
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3 weeks ago |
chemistryworld.com | Phillip Broadwith
Blueprint has one approved drug and enhances Sanofi’s immunology portfolio Source: © HJBC/Shutterstock As part of a strategy to strengthen its immunology segment through acquisitions, Sanofi has agreed to buy US-based Blueprint Medicines in a deal worth $9.1 billion (£6.7 billion) in cash, with an additional $400 million on offer in performance milestone payments.
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1 month ago |
chemistryworld.com | Phillip Broadwith
Six others missing and 19 injured at Shandong Youdao Chemical Source: © Liang Ben/China News Service/VCG/Getty Images Five people have died and six others are missing after an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Gaomi, China on 27 May. The incident at Shandong Youdao Chemical injured 19 other people, according to reports in the South China Morning Post. The cause of the incident is yet to be determined.
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1 month ago |
chemistryworld.com | Phillip Broadwith
Developing therapies for conditions that predominantly affect women is an neglected, but enormous, opportunity Source: © SolStock/Getty Images Pharmaceutical and medical science has a massive knowledge gap around women’s health. As outlined in a special collection of Chemistry World articles, conditions that only affect women, or affect them very differently to men, have been systematically ignored or dismissed for most of medical history.
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1 month ago |
chemistryworld.com | Phillip Broadwith
Multinationals are promising huge US investments, but it’s not all because of Trump’s policies Source: © Extreme Media/Getty Images Donald Trump says he wants more of the medicines US patients use to be manufactured within the US. And to make that happen, he’s brandishing both stick and carrot.
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