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CHIRAL SWITCH [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Pharmacy
CONT

A "chiral switch" occurs in the pharmaceutical market when a drug made up of 2 enantiomer forms is replaced with a purified single-enantiomer version, often in the context of a patent expiration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Pharmacie
DEF

Remplacement, dans un médicament, d'un principe actif initialement racémique par son eutomère.

OBS

glissement chiral : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 28 janvier 2020.

Spanish

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