ABSTRACT

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Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) are key raw materials to produce pharmaceutical finished dosage forms like tablets, capsules, syrups, ointments etc. Swift growth in new innovations is prodding the interest for generic active pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturers worldwide with the expanded import of key starting materials (KSMs) and building blocks from the emerging markets. The focus of Indian pharmaceutical industry in last two decades has moved towards finished formulations, ignoring in-house manufacture of APIs to a considerable extent.