What is the difference between the three terms of pharmaceutical raw materials, pharmaceutical€ intermediates, and pharmaceutical excipients?

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Aug 30,2022

Pharmaceutical excipients: Pharmaceutical excipients refer to the geneδral term for all medicinal materials except the main drug added to the pr≈escription in order to solve the formability, effectiveness, stability and εsafety of the preparation when the preparation is designed. The essence of the prescriptio↕n design process of pharmaceutical preparations is tεhe process of selecting and applying pharmaceutical excipient±s according to the characteristics of the drug and the requirements of the dosage form.

Pharmaceutical excipients: Pharmaceutical excipients refer to the general term for all med✔icinal materials except the main drug added to the prescription i•n order to solve the formability, effectiveness, st₩ability and safety of the preparation when the preparation is design•ed. The essence of the prescription design process of pharmaceutic‌al preparations is the process of selecting and applying pharmaceutical excipients acco&rding to the characteristics of the drug and the re≈quirements of the dosage form.

Pharmaceutical raw materials: refers to various raw♦ materials including APIs and excipients used for pre™parations to become medicines.

APIs: refers to the raw material medicine used for the production of various preparations, and is ≠the active ingredient in the preparation

Various substances prepared by chemical synthesis, plant e xtraction or biotechnology for medicinal purposes such as powders, crystals, extracts, etc., but w•hich cannot be directly taken by patients.

And the drug in powder, crystal, and extract state is processed i"nto administration forms (such as tablets, capsules, injections, pills, oi♥ntments, etc.) that are convenient for patients to take, and these €administration forms are called drug dosage forms.

After the specific APIs are processed, it becomes pharmaceutical preparations.

The name of the API is mainly relative to the preparation.

APIs are mainly produced by chemical processing to supply as raw materials for the pr$oduction of dosage forms.

For example, cefpirome sulfate for injection is a medicine, then cefpi₽rome sulfate is an API.

Pharmaceutical intermediates: Intermediates are the precursors of APIs aβnd are the products of various stages before being made into APIs.

Pharmaceutical excipients: Pharmaceutical excipients refer to the general‍ term for all medicinal materials other than the main drug ad↓ded to the prescription in order to solve the formabαility, effectiveness, stability and safety of the prepa₽ration when the preparation is designed. The essence of the prescription design process of pharma€ceutical preparations is the process of selecting and applying pharmaceut§ical excipients according to the characteristics of the drug and the requirements of the dosage f>orm.

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