BULK DRUG PARK.
◇ Himachal Pradesh is vying for the allotment of a bulk drug park under a central government scheme announced earlier this year.
◇ A bulk drug, also called an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), is key ingredient of a drug or medicine, which lends it the desired therapeutic effect or produces intended pharmacological activity.
◇ APIs are prepared from multiple reactions involving chemicals and solvents. The primary chemical or the basic raw material which undergoes reactions to form an API is called the Key Starting Material (KSM).
◇ Chemical compounds formed during the intermediate stages during these reactions are called Drug Intermediates (DIs).
