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Biogen’s $900 million settlement signals scrutiny on speaker fees

Pharmaceutical Technology

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Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals

European Pharmaceutical Review

16,17 However, care must be taken to ensure that chemicals from biomass are not produced in competition with food production and do not have a negative impact on the environment or natural habitats. Chem Commun 2014, 50, 9650‒9652. Org Process Res Dev 2022, 26, 9, 2685–2693. Sherwood J, De bruyn M, Constantinou A, et al.

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