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It is an internal company document used in the purchasing process to authorise the requisition of materials (here drugs) before initiating a purchase order. An indent is an official order or requisition for medicine and supplies from the medical stores.
What is a pharmaceutical API?
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) is the biologically active component of a drug product (tablet, capsule, cream, injectable) that produces the intended effects.
What is a pharmaceutical intermediate?
Pharmaceutical intermediates are chemical compounds widely used in manufacturing various types of drugs in bulk quantity and also used for research and development by Pharmaceutical and biopharma companies.
What is the difference between an API and an intermediate drug?
An API is not made from raw material by just one reaction but by a variety of compounds that become API. the compounds that are being transformed from raw materials into APIs are called intermediates. Some APIs go through more than ten intermediates in the process of going from raw material to API.