Scientists from DSM and Kaneka discuss various techniques in this roundtable moderated by Patricia Van Arnum. This article is part of PharmTech's supplement "API Synthesis and Formulation 2009." ...

Every year, farms around the world discard millions of tons of biomass—rice straw, corn stover, sugarcane bagasse, fruit ...

Enzymatic catalysis offers pharma manufacturers a way to implement the Principles of Green Chemistry. Pressures on drug manufacturers to reduce development timelines and costs while also providing ...

Biocatalysis is a process that utilizes natural substances, especially, enzymes, to enhance the speed of a chemical reaction. Scientists have stated that enzymes are responsible for the catalysis of ...

With the changing era, businesses across industries are transitioning towards more sustainable future. In this scenario, lowering one’s carbon footprint and identifying sustainable alternatives are ...

Biocatalysis is the chemical process through which enzymes or other biological catalysts perform reactions between organic components. Biocatalysis has been used widely in the pharmaceutical industry ...

Europe's largest public-private partnership dedicated to making drug manufacturing more environmentally friendly was launched in November last year. The €26.4 (£21.2)-million project, Chemical ...

Martinez, director of Pfizer’s Biocatalysis Center of Excellence, played a key role in making the starting material for a main fragment of nirmatrelvir using enzymes. “As a company, we all felt that ...