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Overview of intermediates & fine chemicals & more on CDMOs for the development & manufacturing of these products, from clinical to commercial scale.
Q1. What are pharmaceutical intermediates?
Pharmaceutical intermediates are chemical compounds which form the building blocks of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Pharmaceutical intermediates are produced as by-products during the production of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).
Both active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates belong to the category of fine chemicals. The main difference between the two is that the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is an active product that has been completely synthesized, and the intermediate is a product at a certain place in the synthesis route.
While active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) exhibit pharmacological activity or other direct effects in the diagnosis, treatment, symptom relief, or prevention of diseases, intermediates are materials produced during the synthesis of APIs, which can only be turned into API by further molecular change or refinement.
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