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ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages 413-417Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/op000023y
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Ritonavir (Kempf, D, J,; Marsh, K, C,, Denissen, J. F,; McDonald, E,; Vasavanonda, S,; Flentge, C, A.; Green, B, E,; Fine, L,; Park, C, H,; Kong, X, P,; Wideburg, N, E.; Saldivar, A.; Ruitz, L,; Kati, W. M.; Sham, H, L,; Robins, T,; Stewart, K, D,; Hsu, A.; Plattner, J, J,; Leonard, J, hi,; Norbeck, D, W, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, U.S.A. 1995, 92, 2484) is Abbott's novel protease inhibitor, for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative organism of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), It is marketed as Norvir. From the discovery of ritonavir until the new drug application (NDA) filing, only one crystalline form was known to exist. Attempts to identify other possible crystal forms were unsuccessful. Two years after the launch of Norvir to the market, some lots of Norvir capsules failed a dissolution specification. Investigation of this phenomena revealed the existence of a crystal form of ritonavir other than the one already known (Form I), This new crystal form was designated as Form II. The two crystal forms are polymorphs and differ substantially in their physical properties such as solubility. In this article, we will discuss the challenges these polymorphs created for the bulk drug substance as well as for the formulation, and how we dealt with these challenges.
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