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Outsourcing

Otsuka Chemical enters the API business

by Michael McCoy
June 15, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 24

 

The structure of cefixime.

Japan’s Otsuka Chemical is entering the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) market by acquiring part of Astellas Pharma’s cefixime business. Developed by Astellas, cefixime is a third-generation cephalosporin active against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Otsuka says it wants to apply its skills in organic and inorganic chemistry to expand further into pharmaceutical-related chemistry.

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