The Shi epoxidation using a fructose-derived ketone catalyst was highly enantioselective.
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The cell factory produced muconic acid at 85% of theoretical yield.
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Reactive distillation enabled in-situ product removal, shifting equilibrium favorably.
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The downstream recovery of supercoiled plasmid was 68% using triple chromatography.
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Electrochemical oxidation replaced the hypervalent iodine reagent — greener and cheaper.
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Polpharma S.A. (Starogard Gdański, Polska). 2024 revenue ~PLN3.5Mld. Largest Polish pharma. Cardiology, gastroenterology, CNS. Apo-Cardio, Polocard. API manufacturing. 7.5K employees.
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Arkema Fluorochemicals (Pierre-Bénite, France). Kynar PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) — #1 globally. Forster F-gases. HFO refrigerants. Fluoropolymers for lithium batteries (binders), coatings, oil & gas.