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Therapeutic Peptides in 2026: This Year's Breakthroughs
2026 has been a concentrated year for peptide therapeutics. Efficacy reached a new high in late-stage trials, the obesity field moved beyond the incretins to amylin, the oral route reached weight management, and peptide-guided radioligand therapy kept advancing — each point tied to a specific 2025–2026 result.
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What Are Electronic Resins? The Polymers Inside Chips, Substrates, and Circuit Boards
"Electronic resin" is not one material. It is a family of electronic-grade polymers — epoxy molding compounds, laminate resins, build-up films, and photoresists — defined less by what they are made of than by the electrical, thermal, and dimensional numbers they must hit.
ArticleChemAbout Editorial Team4 min read
Asia's Biggest Pharma Show Is Back: A Sourcing Playbook for CPHI & PMEC China 2026
CPHI & PMEC China — 3,600+ exhibitors, 110,000+ visitors — opens 16 June at Shanghai's SNIEC. A practical playbook for buyers: go in with a shortlist, qualify suppliers on the floor, and fix the follow-up before you fly home.
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Why ocean freight rates are surging again: early peak season and tight container capacity
Container spot rates rose sharply in early June 2026 as front-loading, Red Sea diversions, low idle capacity and carrier surcharges compressed available space.
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SINOSURE: what China's export credit insurer actually does
SINOSURE is China's policy-oriented export credit insurer, linking export contracts, buyer credit, country risk, claims and trade finance.
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Argentina's recycled plastic content certification: how INTI-ECOPLAS turns recycled content into traceable records
The INTI-ECOPLAS protocol does not treat recycled content as a broad label. It turns the claim into a chain of evidence: minimum percentage, material origin, polymer type, lots, mass records and production documentation.
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Japan's chemical decarbonization roadmap: hydrogen, ammonia, CCUS and low-carbon feedstocks
Japan's chemical decarbonization pathway is not a single hydrogen story. It combines naphtha-cracker fuel switching, low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia policy, CCUS, plastic-to-oil recycling, bio-based inputs and alcohol-to-chemicals technologies.
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German Chemical Companies Localize in China: What BASF, Evonik, Covestro and WACKER Signal for Supply Chains
German chemical companies are strengthening local production, application development and supply-chain response in China. BASF, Evonik, Covestro and WACKER show how the pattern is changing.
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Japan’s Petrochemical Restructuring Accelerates: What Ethylene Consolidation Means for Supply Chains
Japan’s ethylene consolidation, petrochemical spin-offs and polyolefin integration point to a new supply structure for basic chemicals.