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Macrocyclization via Ring-Closing Metathesis in Drug Discovery & Process Chemistry

Drug Hunter

Interestingly, among the six case studies, none use the well-known Hoveyda-Grubbs II (HG-II) catalyst in the largest scale synthesis disclosed, though several employ HG-II derivatives, highlighting the rapid evolution of catalytic methods and distinct considerations for process chemistry. Gonzalez-Bobes, F. 2023 , 66 , (8), 5377-5396.

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Metabolism of macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

Current macrocycles in clinical use generally focus on treatment of infectious diseases, cancer and auto-immune disorders. A multitude of macrocyclic antiviral drugs The antiviral drug simeprevir (TMC435) was approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in 2013 but has since been discontinued in favour of more effective drugs.

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Metabolism of de novo designed macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

Current macrocycles in clinical use generally focus on treatment of infectious diseases, cancer and auto-immune disorders. A multitude of macrocyclic antiviral drugs The antiviral drug simeprevir (TMC435) was approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in 2013 but has since been discontinued in favour of more effective drugs.

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Welcome to new Director David Hulcoop

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This involves scaling up the process of making a few grams of the compound in the lab to hundreds of tonnes in a factory, in an environmentally-friendly, cost-effective way. Process chemistry is incredibly multidisciplinary: in addition to chemists, you need analytical teams to make sure everything is 99.9%