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Chemistry World March 19, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Global AstraZeneca restructuring will cost 1600 jobs The company's global research blueprint will now be centered on the creation of three 'strategic R&D centers' for small molecules and biologics, to be based in Cambridge in the UK, Gaithersburg in Maryland, US, and Molndal in Sweden, to be completed by 2016.
Chemistry World February 2, 2007 Victoria Gill	AstraZeneca Follows Pfizer in Slashing Workforce The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical hopes that by streamlining its operation it can offset the growing financial threat from cheap generic copies of its best-selling blood pressure drug. Nevertheless, the company has reported unexpectedly cheerful fourth quarter profits.
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Chemistry World October 25, 2013 Emily James	AstraZeneca to close environmental lab and cut 71 jobs The 71 employees at the Brixham Environmental Laboratory in Devon, UK. will lose their jobs in March 2014, as the laboratory's environmental operations are not a core part of the company's strategy to develop innovative new medicines.
Chemistry World October 25, 2013 Andy Extance	Ineos reprieves Grangemouth petrochemicals At least 800 employees at specialty chemicals producer Ineos' Grangemouth, UK, site will keep their jobs, after the company reversed its decision to close petrochemical operations there.
Chemistry World April 2, 2013 Bibiana Campos Seijo	More job cuts... The news came in that AstraZeneca is to invest 330 million pounds in a new strategic R&D center and global headquarters in Cambridge, UK. Unfortunately, there is also a negative angle to this story.
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Chemistry World December 23, 2009 Sean Milmo	2009 marks the start of the great divide The recession is opening up a big gap in output performance between the chemical industries of the developed and developing worlds, which will continue to widen over the next few years.
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Chemistry World October 20, 2010 Turley & Lewcock	Science budget frozen in spending review The UK's science budget will suffer a 10 per cent cut in real terms over the next four years and higher education has been hit hard in the government's public spending review announced today.
Chemistry World February 2, 2012 Andrew Turley	AstraZeneca to cut 7300 more jobs UK drugmaker AstraZeneca has announced plans to cut a further 7300 jobs to make annual savings of $1.6 billion by the end of 2014, a move that will cost the company $2.1 billion in the near term.
Chemistry World March 7, 2014 Patrick Walter	Europe's chemical industry faces extinction in 10 years Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of Ineos, the UK's largest chemical producer, has warned the European commission that most of Europe's chemical industry will close in the next 10 years thanks to the high cost of energy and feedstocks.
Chemistry World December 15, 2008 Sean Milmo	What's in store for the chemicals industry? Sizing up their prospects at the beginning of 2008, chemical companies knew economists were warning of an imminent recession. But the swiftness of the year's global downturn took many by surprise.
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Chemistry World December 2009 Chris Reynolds	Regulatory Burden A new carbon emissions scheme will unwittingly hit the chemical industry. The UK risks being at a disadvantage if industry is overburdened with regulation.
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Chemistry World May 24, 2011 Andrew Turley	Chemical industry fears over UK emissions plans Government plans to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions risk crippling the chemical sector and thereby harming chances of moving to a low emissions future
Chemistry World May 20, 2009 Hayley Birch	Skills in industry: change needed from within Employers in the chemical industry must act now to ensure the next generation of scientists has the necessary skills, according to industry leaders.
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Chemistry World September 10, 2009 Ned Stafford	Light on the horizon for chemicals sector Production in the worldwide chemical industry, battered and bruised by the global economic meltdown, appears to have stabilized and could even show mild annual growth by the fourth quarter of this year.
Chemistry World November 20, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	BASF closes 80 plants as demand slumps BASF is just the latest company to decide to idle plants as demand slumps. US chemicals companies Dow and LyondellBassell have temporarily closed plants, as has UK-based Ineos.
Chemistry World January 18, 2012 Patrick Walter	Shell shutters UK R&D site The research currently carried out at the facility will be transferred to overseas sites. The announcement has fueled concerns in the UK research community that the country's opportunity to become a high-tech economy is slipping away.
Chemistry World June 19, 2013 Laura Howes	AstraZeneca announce new UK hub The new hub will consolidate all of AZ's UK activities, including biologics arm MedImmune, at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on the southern outskirts of the city.
Chemistry World March 25, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	Chinese copycat chemical spat Chemical producer Ineos has lodged a legal challenge against China's state-owned Sinopec and several of its subsidiaries over intellectual property relating to acrylonitrile production.
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Chemistry World November 30, 2011 Patrick Walter	Autumn windfall for UK science and industry The UK government has announced a raft of measures in its autumn statement to try to boost the flagging economy. There is some good news for the research community, as well as the chemical and life science industries.
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Chemistry World May 12, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	Solvay-Ineos PVC deal passes European approval The European commission has approved a large-scale joint venture between the polyvinyl chloride businesses of speciality chemicals manufacturers Solvay and Ineos.
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