Flow chemistry surges forward
The long-discussed technique could help make pharma manufacturing more distributed, finds Andy Extance, and create opportunities for chemists with the right skills By supplying medicines that can save or extend people’s lives, chemists can be heroes. But while many of us now recognise the frustration of awaiting drugs or vaccines due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been a daily reality in South Africa for years. There, pharmacies regularly run out of life-saving drugs, explains Paul Watts from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. In 2016 the Stop Stockouts consortium f...
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