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Org. Biomol. Chem., 2006, 4, 2337 - 2347, DOI: 10.1039/b602413k


Analysis of the reactions used for the preparation of drug candidate molecules

John S. Carey, David Laffan, Colin Thomson and Mike T. Williams


The purpose of this perspective is to indicate the range of chemistries used in the manufacture of drug candidate molecules and to highlight certain gaps in current technologies. To do this a survey was carried out of chemical syntheses within the Process Chemistry R&D departments of GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Pfizer.

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