Process Chemistry
Process chemists improve the method used for making the active chemical compound to enable it to be made reliably in kilogram quantities.
A compound that shows very good activity for treatment of a particular disease might be selected for further development.
Once a candidate molecule has been selected for development, process chemists scale up and improve the synthetic route to produce the compound on a much larger scale – several kilograms at a time. The compound will be used in further tests, for example to check that it isn't likely to be harmful.
Alternative synthetic routes will be investigated until a safe, efficient and reliable method is found.
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