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CAS | December 19, 2022

CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, announced several initiatives to once again transform scientific research, and empower more rapid discovery for life sciences innovation. CAS is expanding its comprehensive, highly structured, human-curated scientific data with the introduction of life sciences assets. The CAS Content CollectionTM now includes exhaustive biological sequences and bioactivity information designed to ac...

Bloomberg Environment | January 21, 2020

The European Chemicals Agency said Monday inspectors across the bloc had started checks on chemical products sold online for compliance with the EU’s REACH and other chemicals laws. Checks would continue through 2020 and would cover all types of online vendors, including websites aimed at consumers and specialist users of chemicals, and platforms including Amazon and eBay, the agency said. Inspection authorities in EU countries would check if online purchasers are sufficiently informed abo...

ICIS | February 06, 2020

China’s planned rollback of tariffs on certain imports from the US starting on 14 February will impact a number of key polymers and chemicals. China will roll back the 5-10% tariffs imposed on $75bn of US imports in the 4th round of tariffs in the US-China trade war by half to 2.5-5%. Those “part one” tariffs in the 4th round were implemented on 1 September 2019, before the phase one US-China trade deal signed on 15 January. Part two of the 4th round of tariffs never went into ...

Chemical Technology, Chemical Management

Spectrum Chemical | March 03, 2023

During the BioProcess International (BPI) U.S. West conference in San Diego, Spectrum Chemical Mfg. Corp., a major global supplier of specialty, fine and cGMP chemicals, announced the expansion of its bioCERTIFIED™ product range with several new raw materials for R&D and biopharmaceutical production. Spectrum Chemical has introduced an extended range of biological buffers in its new bioCERTIFIED products portfolio. These buffers are critical in modeling biological syst...