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PR Newswire | January 28, 2020

SOCMA is pleased to announce two new services for the chemical industry – a modernized Chemical Operations Tool and a new Career Center – that will assist companies in addressing workforce development challenges. "SOCMA understands the ongoing challenge in finding qualified workers and ensuring that new and existing workers receive quality training," said Jennifer Abril, SOCMA President and CEO. "We also realize a new generation of workers is coming into the industry a...

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Ginkgo Bioworks | July 19, 2022

Ginkgo Bioworks the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, announced the launch of a new cell programming project as part of a broader collaboration with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd, one of Japan's leading chemical companies. Through this partnership, Sumitomo Chemical will leverage Ginkgo's extensive codebase and expertise in organism engineering to produce molecules in a sustainable fashion that are used in products across a broad range of industries. The target molecule of t...

chemical watch | April 16, 2020

The US EPA released an updated working approach to its November 2017 New chemicals decision-making framework under TSCA. For many, this is a welcome improvement, providing more clarity and insight into the agency’s review process and enabling improved business planning. The 2016 TSCA amendments required the EPA – for the first time – to begin making affirmative findings about the risks associated with new chemical substances and uses. The 2017 framework document described...

Baylor College of Medicine | July 10, 2020

Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine have devised a chemical approach for discovering new enzyme-binding compounds that could be developed into drugs for various illnesses and conditions. This process can be used to support development of novel antiviral drugs for use in the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, was co-led by Dr. Surendra Dawadi, instructor in the Center for Drug Discovery at...