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       Manufacturing & supply lines: Small-molecule APIs
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           mall-molecule drugs still dominate   ment over 2022 levels, which represented   PATRICIA VAN ARNUM                    A GMP, ISO ( 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2018), FSSAI, HALAL & KOSHER CERTIFIED COMPANY
           new  drug approvals, as measured   a recent low in small-molecule drug ap-  Editorial Director                                    AVAILABLE IN GRADE : IP/BP/USP/EP/FCC
       Sby the number of new molecular   provals. The decrease in small molecules’   Drug, Chemical & Associated
       entities  approved by the FDA’s Center   share of new drug approvals in 2022 was                               • ALUMINIUM SULPHATE  Cas.7784-31-8           • MAGNESIUM SULPHATE 7H2O Cas.10034-99-8           • SODIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC
       for Drug Evaluation and Research, but are   largely due to the overall decline in new   Technologies Association,Inc. (DCAT)  • AMMONIUM MOLYBDATE Cas.12054-85-2           • MAGNESIUM SULPHATE DRIED CAS.7487-88-9       HEPTAHYDRATE CAS.7782-85-6
                                                                                                                                                                                              • SODIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC DIHYDRATE
                                                                                                                      • AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE Cas.7783-28-0
                                                                                                                                                             • MAGNESIUM SULPHATE ANHYDROUS CAS.
       they translating into market success?   drug approvals in 2022 and a correspond-     Astellas’ Veozah (fezolinetant) for re-  • BISMUTH SUBCARBONATE Cas.5892-10-4       7487-88-9       CAS.10028-24-7
       DCAT Value Chain Insights takes a look   ing decline in small-molecule  drug ap-  ducing moderate-to-severe vasomotor         • BISMUTH SUBNITRATE CAS.1304-85-4           • MAGNESIUM OXIDE CAS 1309-48-4           • SODIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC
       on the market for drugs with small-mole-  provals and a rise in new biologic drug   symptoms due to menopause;  • BENZOIC ACID CAS.65-85-0      • POTASSIUM BI CARBONATE CAS.298-14-6       MONOHYDRATE CAS.118830-14-1
       cule active pharmaceutical ingredients   approvals. In 2022, FDA’s CDER ap-     AstraZeneca’s  Truqap (capivasertib)   • BORAX SODIUM BORATE CAS.1330-43-4     • POTASSIUM BI SULPHATE CAS.7646-93-7         • SODIUM PHOSPHATE TRIBASIC
       and related  supply-demand fundamen-  proved 22 new small-molecule drugs and   for treating  advanced  HR-positive   • BORIC ACID  CAS.10043-35-3     • POTASSIUM CARBONATE CAS.584-08-7       DODECAHYDRATE CAS.10101-89-0
       tals.                             15 new biologics. The 17 new biologics   breast cancer;                      • CALAMINE CAS 8011-96-9         • POTASSIUM CHLORIDE CAS.7440-09-7           • SODIUM PHOSPHATE TRIBASIC ANHYDROUS
                                                                                                                                                                                          CAS.7601-54-9
                                                                                                                                                       • POTASSIUM NITRATE CAS.7757-79-1
                                                                                                                      • CALCIUM CARBONATE CAS.471-34-1
                                         approvals in 2023 surpassed 2022 levels      Bausch and Lomb’s Miebo (perfl uoro-  • CALCIUM CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE CAS.   • POTASSIUM IODIDE CAS.7681-11-0           • SODIUM NITRITE CAS.7632-00-0
       Overall new drug approvals in 2023  and matched a recent high in 2018, when   hexyloctane ophthalmic solution) for     10035-04-8               • POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE MONOHYDRATE   • SODIUM SULPHATE  CAS 7757-82-6
          Last year (2023) saw an uptick in new   17 new biologics were also approved by   treating dry-eye disease;        • CALCIUM SULPHATE CAS.7778-18-9       CAS.7778-77-0        • SODIUM SULPHITE CAS.7757-83-7
       drug approvals compared to 2022, which   FDA’s CDER. The 17 new biologic drug      Biogen’s Qalsody (tofersen) for treating   • CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DI BASIC DIHYDRATE         • POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC CAS.  • STANNOUS CHLORIDE  CAS 10025-69-1
       was a recent dip in new drug approvals.   approvals in 2023 far exceeded approvals   amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS,     CAS 7789-77-7        7758-11-4                      • SALICYLIC ACID CAS.69-72-7
       The US Food and Drug Administration’s   of new therapeutic  biologics  by FDA’s   i.e., Lou Gehrig’s disease);        • CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DI BASIC ANHYDROUS         • POTASSIUM SODIUM TARTRATE CAS 6381-59-5     • SODIUM SELENITE PENTAHYDRATE
                                                                                                                                                             • POTASSIUM SULPHATE CAS.7778-80-5
                                                                                                                        CAS.7757-93-9
                                                                                                                                                                                          CAS.26970-82-1
       Center for Drug Evaluation and Research   CDER of 14 in 2021, 13 in 2020, and 10      GlaxoSmithKline’s  Jesduvroq (da-        • CALCIUM PHOSPHATE TRIBASIC CAS 7758-87-4     • POTASSIUM BROMIDE CAS.7758-02-03           • UREA CAS.57-13-6
       (CDER) approved 55 new molecular enti-  in 2019.                      produstat) for treating anaemia due to       • CUPRIC SULPHATE PENTAHYDRATE CAS   • SODIUM BI CARBONATE CAS .144-55-8     • ZINC CARBONATE CAS.3486-35-9
       ties (NMEs) and new therapeutic biologics                             chronic kidney disease;                    7758-99-8                      • SODIUM FLUORIDE CAS .7681-49-4     • ZINC OXIDE  CAS 1314-13-2
       in 2023, a 49% increase in the number of   Small-molecules and fi rst-in-class drugs     Novartis’  Fabhalta  (iptacopan) for         • CUPRIC SULPHATE ANHYDROUS CAS.7758-98-7     • SODIUM MONOFLUORO PHOSPHATE CAS.  • ZINC SULPHATE HEPTAHYDRATE CAS.
       new drug approvals  compared  to  2022,   Aside from just the overall number   treating paroxysmal nocturnal haemo-        • COPPER CARBONATE  CAS.12069-69-1       10163-15-2       7646-20-0
       when 37 new drugs were approved. The   of new drug approvals, product innova-  globinuria, a rare blood disorder;  • CUPRIC CHLORIDE  CAS.10125-13-0           • SODIUM NITRATE CAS 7631-99-4           • ZINC SULPHATE MONOHYDRATE CAS.
                                                                                                                                                                                          7446-19-7
                                                                                                                      • FERROUS SULPHATE  DRIED CAS.13463-43-9
                                                                                                                                                       • SODIUM PHOSPHATE MONOBASIC DIHYDRATE
       55 new drugs approved in 2023 by FDA’s   tion can also be evaluated by the num-     Novo Nordisk’s  Rivfl oza (nedosiran)         • FERROUS SULPHATE HEPTAHYDRATE CAS.    CAS.13472-35-0           • ZINC CHLORIDE CAS. 7646-85-7
       CDER was in line with recent years. In   ber of new drug approvals classifi ed as   for treating primary hyperoxaluria, a     7782-63-0                • MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE DI BASIC CAS   • MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE TRIBASIC CAS.
       2021, 50 NMEs and new therapeutic bio-  “fi rst-in-class,”  which  FDA’s  CDER   rare condition characteriwed by recur-        • MANGANESE SULPHATE MONOHYDRATE CAS.    7782-75-4  • SODIUM PHOSPHATE MONOBASIC     7757-87-1
       logics were approved by FDA’s CDER   characterizes as drugs with a different   rent kidney and bladder stones; and     10034-96-5                 ANHYDROUS CAS.7558-80-7
       and 53 in 2020.  The 55 new drugs ap-  mechanism of action than existing drugs.      Pfi zer’s Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets;         • MANGANESE CHLORIDE CAS. 13446-34-9         • SODIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC ANHYDROUS
       proved in 2023 represented  the  second   In 2023, FDA’s CDER approved 20 new   ritonavir tablets, co-packaged) for   • MAGNESIUM CARBONATE Cas.546-93-0       CAS.7558-80-7
       highest level of approvals in the past   drugs  that  it  characterized  as  fi rst-in-  treating  COVID-19.    • MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE HEXAHYDRATE         • SODIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC
                                                                                                                        Cas.7791-18-6
                                                                                                                                                          DODECAHYDRATE CAS.10039-32-4
       decade,  except  for 2018 when 59 new   class, which represented approximately
       drugs were approved.              36% of new drug approvals. Of these   Although small-molecule drugs were                        SPECIAL PRODUCTS WE MAKE IN OUR FACTORY
                                         20 fi rst-in-class new drug approvals, 17   well represented with 85% of the fi rst-in-
       Small-molecule new drug approvals  were small molecules, representing 85%   class new drug approvals in 2023, more     POTASSIUM DICHROMATE LR                        BORIC ACID POWDER AR
          In 2023, FDA’s CDER approved 38   of  fi rst-in-class  new  drug  approvals  in   than  half  of these  drugs were for niche   POTASSIUM CHROMATE LR                POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE LR /AR
       small-molecule products, representing 69%   2023 by FDA’s CDER. Of these 17 fi rst-  indications.  Of the 17 small-molecule   STARCH (POTATO SOLUBLE) LR               SODIUM NITRATE LR /AR
       of new drug approvals (see Figure 1).   in-class, small-molecule new drug   fi rst-in-class  drug  approvals  in  2023,   COPPER  SULPHATE ANHYDROUS LR                                  SODIUM   CARBONATE ANHYDROUS (GRANULAR)
       The percentage  of small-molecule  ap-  approvals in 2023, eight were from large   nine,  or  53%,  were  for  treating  orphan/     FOR  CATALOGUE COMPANIES IN LR GRADE
       provals in 2023 was in line with recent   to  mid-sized  bio/pharma  companies.   rare diseases, defi ned as a disease affect-
       year, except in 2022, which represented a   These eight drugs were:  ing 200,000 individuals or less in the US.               BISMUTH NITRATE / SUBNITRATE / OXIDE / OXYCHLORIDE / SULPHATE / CARBONATE
       recent low. In 2022, 59% of the new drug                                                                                              IODIDE OF AMMONIUM / CADMIUM / LEAD / BARIUM/STRONTIUM
       approvals by FDA’s CDER were small                                                                                             NICKEL / SULPHATE / CHLORIDE / CARBONATE / NITRATE / AMMONIUM SULPHATE
       molecules or 22 of the 37 new drug ap-  69%       59%         72%          75%         79%                                        STRONTIUM / BROMIDE / CARBONATE  / CHLORIDE / NITRATE / SULPHATE
       provals.  Between  2018  and  2021, small                                                                                  QUALIKEMS LIFESCIENCES PVT. LTD.
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       presented 72% of new drug approvals, 75%   drugs approved; 38  approved; 22 small   approved; 36 small   drugs approved; 40  approved; 38 small   Vadodara - 391340 (GUJARAT).
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       in 2020, and 79% in 2019.
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