2024-04-15
What are pharmaceutical intermediates?-392-85-8
The FDA defines an intermediate as “a material produced during steps in the synthesis of an API that must undergo further molecular change or processing before it becomes an API.” Intermediates include basic intermediates and key intermediates, including bulk drug intermediates for both the pharmaceutical industry and other industries.Pharmaceutical intermediates are fine chemicals of intermediate compounds which form the building blocks of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). They are used in the production of bulk drugs and also for contract research and development purposes by various pharma and biopharma companies.