Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry for Synthesis: Rethinking the Routes to Scale-Up

Standardizes and expands upon information available in process patents for "blockbuster" drugs

There is a need to inform the public that generic versions of a drug may not be manufactured by the same process as brand-name drugs and that the different processes may have dramatically different environmental impacts. Two global forces are at odds today—the push for "greener" processes and the push for lower drug prices. This book brings this conflict into sharp focus by discussing in detail the...