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BASF Adds Production Of Phenylephrine

by Michael McCoy
October 26, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 43

BASF has added production of the nasal decongestant phenylephrine hydrochloride at its plant in Minden, Germany. Phen­yl­ephrine is increasingly being added to cough and cold products in place of pseudoephedrine, which can be a precursor to the illegal drug methamphetamine. BASF, which is also a leading pseudoephedrine maker, says the new production takes advantage of its expertise in manufacturing sympathomimetic amines.

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