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Issue 5

8th March 2010

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C&I Magazine

C&I MagazineThe leading source of news and opinion in the arena of chemical technology

Cover Story

Innovation pays: measuring the benefits

R&D budgets are holding up in some companies but how can the benefits be measured? Neil Eisberg reports

Technicians

News

AZ $1.3bn arthritis deal

Emma Dorey, 08/03/2010

Drug giant AstraZeneca has signed a $1.3bn deal to develop and commercialise a drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Challenges to US climate plans

Cath O’Driscoll, 08/03/2010

US plans to curb emissions of greenhouse gases have come under fire in recent weeks after a spate of announcements from industry groups, oil majors and three US states.

Features

Cocrystals

Cocrystal clear solutions

Chris Frampton, 08/03/2010

Formulating drugs as cocrystals could overcome the solubility problems hampering the development of some active pharma ingredients, reports Chris Frampton

Hi tech fashion

Putting textiles to work

Lou Reade, 08/03/2010

Textiles that incorporate biosensors, or act as heat sinks, or mimic human bone are racing towards commercialisation. Lou Reade reports

Editor's Blog

An end to jet lag?

Agree or disagree? Post your views below

Can it be true, an end to jet lag, the bane of all international jet-setters? But could the answer also be a solution to a host of other problems including psychiatric disorders and the impact of shift work?

As Andrew Loudon from the University of Manchester says: ‘It can be really devastating to our brains and bodies when something happens to disrupt the natural rhythm of our body clocks. This can be as a result of disease or as a consequence of jet lag or frequent changing between day and night shifts at work.’