A Flow Chemistry Technology Hub (FCT Hub) has been set up at Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS) in Hyderabad.
Salient Features
- A Flow Chemistry Technology Hub (FCT Hub) is an initiative by Telangana government with the involvement of multi-stakeholders has opened in Hyderabad.
- This hub will be an enabler for the pharma industry in India to make a paradigm shift towards incorporation of modern approaches from R&D to manufacturing and migration to greener and sustainable processes.
- The hub houses various state-of-the-art flow chemistry equipment to provide hands-on training and promote scientific capability building to ensure greater incorporation of flow chemistry techniques during pharma R&D and greater adoption of continuous synthesis for manufacturing active pharma ingredients (APIs).
What is Flow Chemistry?
- Flow chemistry involves the use of channels or tubing to conduct a reaction in a continuous stream rather than in a flask.
- Flow equipment provides chemists with unique control over reaction parameters enhancing reactivity or in some cases enabling new reactions.
- Flow chemistry has been used for decades in the chemical industry. More recently, the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries are increasingly adopting this technology.
- In recent years, flow chemistry and pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing have become the need of the hour since they provide a road-map for a stronger alignment of the chemical industry towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).
