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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
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