PTSM: Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management-07-08-2009

Pharma companies that sell redundant facilities could endanger their supply chains.

As the pharmaceutical industry turns its efforts to biologic-based drugs and to more targeted delivery approaches, new tools are needed. Some recent developments are discussed.

Advances in micellar catalysis, solid-state chemistry, catalytic asymmetric synthesis, and function-oriented synthesis for natural products represent noteworthy developments in green chemistry that can be applied to the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients.