Synthesis · Patents · Applications
Pharmaceutical Substances – a one-stop source of information relating to the industrial synthesis and commercial applications of every licensed drug of significance.
The structure-searchable resource is an ideal tool for researchers, process chemists and for teaching in the field of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Each Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient record includes:
- Chemical structure
- Graphical representation of synthetic route including intermediates
- Nomenclature: INN standard, trivial names, synonyms, CAS number ATC codes
- Medical applications/Therapeutic category
- Toxicological data
- Patent number, origin, holder and date of application Commercial information: Vendor and trade names for 6 major world markets
- Bibliographic information including CASSI codes

Essential for research
- Full synthetic route for the industrial manufacture of each drug elucidated from the patent literature
- Unique source of reactions that perform on an industrial scale
- Overview of the pharmaceutical industry from a synthetic chemist's perspective
- Insights into a therapeutic area and chemically related substances

Essential for business development
- First determination of the market size & competition for an API - essential for development of new and generic pharmaceuticals
- Source of markets for synthesis intermediates, ingredients and enzymes
- Patent information including approval date and expiration
- Comprehensive coverage of older APIs and substances approved worldwide
- Merger and acquisition tracking ensuring that vendor information is up-to-date in a rapidly changing industry

Essential for teaching
- Capability to search for marketed drugs relating to a structure or reaction
- A rapid overview of a therapeutic area or chemically related substances
- Industrial synthetic routes discerned from complex patent descriptions
- Insights into industrial processes and toxicity issues
- Commercial information such as trade names and vendors/manufacturers for six world markets
- Concise records ideal for hand-outs and quick reference

Licensing Options
- Pharmaceutical Substances is a structure and reaction searchable resource accessible via the Internet
- Available on an annual subscription basis and priced according to the number of potential users with access to the product
- License provides campus- or site-wide access to give unlimited availability 24/7
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