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Breaking C-F bonds in drugs

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In 2021, almost one third of FDA approved drugs contained at least one fluorine. This was surprising given that replacement of a phenyl with a pyrimidine and fluorination of aryl or heteroaryl rings are techniques often used to increase metabolic stability. Bourgeois, James A. Perkins, Arsany A. Abouda, Kahari J.

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs PART 2

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs part 2 Mixing it Up By Julia Shanu-Wilson In Part 1 of this topic we looked at metabolism of the small molecule drugs approved by the FDA in 2022 that were mediated by CYP3A4. Dermavant’s tapinarof is one such friend. We hope it was a useful two-parter!