Glossary

API Starting Material

A raw material, intermediate, or API used in producing an API and incorporated as a significant structural fragment into the structure of the API.

Source · ICH Q7, §20 Glossary, API Starting Material

Related sections

ICH Q7 Glossary ICH Q7 §§7–11

Related terms

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) / Drug Substance85 casesStarting Material15 casesIntermediate111 cases

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ICH Q7, §20 Glossary, API Starting Material

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