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How big pharma firms are quietly collaborating on new coronavirus antivirals

Behind the scenes, companies including Novartis, Takeda, and Gilead are collaborating in a loose alliance. Their work might not be done in time to stop COVID-19, but they hope it can prevent the next pandemic




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CFC replacements are a source of persistent organic pollution in the Arctic

Analysis of ice cores shows increasing levels of three short-chain PFAS linked to CFC replacement chemicals




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Plastics industry asks US Congress for $1 billion




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BASF launches an e-commerce portal for its polyisobutene business




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Moody's rates Chemours debt speculative




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Taysha launches with $30 million and 15 gene therapy programs




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Waters furloughs workers and cuts salaries after tepid results




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Celanese delays acetic acid and methanol investments




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Glowing plants light themselves up

Researchers teach plants the glow-in-the-dark trick used by tropical mushrooms




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Cancer risk studies raise questions about the safety of long-lasting hair dyes

Long-lasting hair dyes are popular, and their safety has been well researched. But new epidemiology studies show their use correlates with increased risk of breast cancer




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CFC replacements are a source of persistent organic pollution in the Arctic

Analysis of ice cores shows increasing levels of 3 short-chain PFAS linked to replacements of CFCs




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Making ceramics in a flash

Ultrafast high-temperature method shaves hours off conventional furnace processing and sintering of precursors




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Ventus Therapeutics launches to drug inflammasomes, cGAS, and more

The Versant-founded start-up raised $60 million to develop small molecules that target innate immune system proteins




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Students will take the Advanced Placement chemistry exam in a modified format

Decision to move forward during COVID-19 pandemic relieves some but also raises concerns about cheating




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Scientists engineer synthetic chloroplasts

Spinach membranes help power a carbon-fixing cycle




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Alexion to acquire biotech firm Portola




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Praxis Precision Medicines launches with $100 million to develop neuroscience drugs




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Cleaning industry seeks delay of New York State's 1,4-dioxane ban




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US lawmakers want H-1B visas and foreign students internship suspended to protect American jobs

Four US senators are pressing President Donald Trump to suspend all guest worker visas including H-1B entries & optional practical training for foreign students, amid a staggering American jobs wipeout. According to senators Chuck Grassley, Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, the US admits more than one million non-immigrant guest workers every year.




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Covid-19: Legislation introduced in Congress to give Green Card to foreign nurses, doctors




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Empty Las Vegas Strip counts losses as locals venture out

Even the Bellagio's famous dancing fountains are "completely shut" due to the coronavirus pandemic, says a surly security guard, before shooing an AFP correspondent away.




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White House: US planning to ship 8,000 ventilators abroad




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IT hardware body red-flags Aarogya Setu order

Centre has mandated all its employees as well as those in private firms to download the app.




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TCS launches AI-powered solution to detect wafer anomaly in semiconductor manufacturing

The solution harnesses the company's contextual knowledge of the semiconductor industry and the power of deep learning tech, to help chip makers digitally re-imagine their product quality assurance process. Sophisticated quality inspection of wafers during the semiconductor manufacturing process is essential to detect and classify defects early and accurately, TCS said.




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Increased work hours, action against workers not reporting to duty, among CII’s recommendations to Labour Minister

The CII representatives had a meeting with Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday




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Enzyklopädie der schlafmedizin [electronic resource] / Helga Peter, Thomas Penzel, Jörg Hermann Peter (Herausgeber)

Berlin : Springer Medizin, [2007]




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Epiphyseal growth plate fractures [electronic resource] / Hamlet A. Peterson

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2007]




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Emerging technologies in surgery [electronic resource] / Richard M. Satava, Achille Gaspari, Nicola Di Lorenzo, [editors]

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2007]




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Endoscopic oncology [electronic resource] : gastrointestinal endoscopy and cancer management / edited by Douglas O. Faigel, Michael L. Kochman

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006




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Ecografia in oncologia [electronic resource] : testo-atlante di ultrasonologia diagnostica e interventistica dei tumori / Orlando Catalano, Alfredo Siani

Milano : Springer, [2007]




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Ecografia dell'apparato osteoarticolare [electronic resource] : anatomia, semeiotica e quadri patologici / [di] Fabio Martino [and others]

[Milano] : Springer, 2006




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Developmental biology of neoplastic growth [electronic resource] / Alvaro Macieira-Coelho (ed.)

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2005]




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Diabetes bei kindern und jugendlichen [electronic resource] : klinik - therapie - rehabilitation / Peter Hürter, Thomas Danne ; mit Beiträgen von Karin Lange

Berlin : Springer, 2005




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Diagnostic criteria in neurology [electronic resource] / edited by Alan J. Lerner

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2006]




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Die doktorarbeit: vom start zum ziel [electronic resource] : lei(d)tfaden für promotionswillige / Barbara Messing, Klaus-Peter Huber

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007




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Deadly dermatologic diseases [electronic resource] : clinicopathologic atlas and text / Michael B. Morgan, Bruce R. Smoller, Stephen C. Somach ; fpreword by Mark Allen Everett

New York, NY : Springer, [2007]




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David Paul von Hansemann [electronic resource] : contributions to oncology / Leon P. Bignold, Brian L.D. Coghlan, Hubertus P.A. Jersmann

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2007]




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Data mining in biomedicine [electronic resource] / edited by Panos M. Pardalos, Vladimir L. Boginski, Alkis Vazacopoulos

Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007




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Das herzkatheterlabor [electronic resource] : einführung in die aufgabenbereiche des kardiologischen assistenzpersonals / M. Winkhardt

Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 2005




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Das EPU-Labor [electronic resource] : einführung in die invasive elektrophysiologische untersuchung / Christine Schneider

Darmstadt : Steinkopff, [2005]




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Das deutsche IVF-register 1996-2006 [electronic resource] : 10 jahre reproduktionsmedizin in Deutschland / R.E. Felberbaum, K. Buhler, H. van der Ven ; S. Al-Hasani [and others]

Heidelberg : Springer Medizin, 2007




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Das blaue buch 2007-2008 [electronic resource] : chemotherapie-manual hamatologie und internistische nnkologie / Dietmar Berger

Dordrecht : Springer, 2007




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Danno vascolare e tromboemostasi [electronic resource] : fisiopatologia e patologia clinica / Vincenzo Sica, Claudio Napoli ; presentazione a cura di Giovanni Delrio

Milano : Springer, 2007




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Companies must disclose all whistleblower plaints to auditors

The Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (Caro 2020) will be applicable for audit of financial statements of eligible companies for financial years commencing on and after April 1, 2019, and would be applicable to all those companies on which Caro 2016 was applicable.




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NCLAT dismisses Deloitte, KPMG and auditors pleas against impleadment in IL&FS matter

A two-member NCLAT bench led by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya dismissed the pleas of auditors and other independent directors. The appellate tribunal, however, granted a relief to both auditors and other independent directors by allowing the operation of its earlier interim order passed on July 29, 2019 for two weeks.




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Under the scanner: RBI to check if Yes Bank auditor BSR had raised red flags

The central bank has been in touch with auditor BSR & Co., which is a part of KPMG India, over the past few months. But the central bank will now specifically look at whether the auditor had issued any warnings over the past 12 months. Officials aware of the central bank’s plans told ET that RBI officials had already held meetings with Yes Bank’s new audit committee.




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Auditors must use latest tech tools for quality audits: CEPR

According to the report by Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a rapid increase in the volume of data requires auditors to be equipped with the latest available technological tools to analyse a much higher volume of data in their audits than previously required.




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MCA plans to move SC against IFIN auditors

The Centre plans to contest in the apex court a Bombay High Court ruling that disallowed a government petition that had sought to take action against Deloitte and KPMG-affiliate BSR & Associates LLP, auditors of the crisis-hit IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN).




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India plans a more employer-friendly apprenticeship to cater to MNCs

The skill development and entrepreneurship ministry has received multiple queries from firms abroad on apprenticeship norms in India as they scout for new destinations under their ‘one plus one strategy’ of having at least one manufacturing facility outside China.




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No hiring freeze: Companies hunting top talent despite salary, job cuts

More than 200 director-level and above posts were available over the past week, according to Xpheno, a staffing firm that compiles data from job portals, LinkedIn and company sites.