An eventful year in pharma

(American Chemical Society) As 2020 draws to a close, the global pandemic has cast an even brighter spotlight on the pharmaceutical industry. Experts have spent the year racing to develop tests, therapeutics and vaccines to diagnose and combat COVID-19, while also trying to innovate in other areas. A cover story in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, highlights how pharma helped shape a tumultuous year.