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Fluorines make hydrogen bonds
Scientists in the US have shown that fluorine compounds can form hydrogen bonds, a finding that could have implications for the pharmaceutical industry, they say Fluorine is often used in drug development as its presence in organic compounds can affect properties such as absorption, distribution and stability. However, exactly how it interacts with biological molecules […]
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New Way To Prepare Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals
A team of MIT chemists has devised a new way to add fluorine to a variety of compounds used in many drugs and agricultural chemicals, an advance that could offer more flexibility and potential cost-savings in designing new drugs. Drug developers commonly add fluorine atoms to drugs, such as the cholesterol-lowering rosuvastatin, to keep the […]
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Loans help Palm Beach County vitamin maker add 25 jobs
RIVIERA BEACH — Vitamin maker Sancilio & Co. will add 25 jobs over the next 18 months and landed loans of $350,000 each from Jupiter and Riviera Beach, the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County said Tuesday. Sancilio & Co., headed by pharmaceutical researcher Frederick Sancilio, has 25 employees. They’re divided between its headquarters […]
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New facility in Omaha, Neb., to produce fluorine-18 (F-18)
Title of press release: Cardinal Health Extends Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing Network to Nebraska New Omaha facility to help advance the early diagnosis and treatment of disease DUBLIN, Ohio, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, today announced that it has opened […]
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