Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
raw material drug
English answer:
crude form of the drug, unrefined form, precursor drug
Added to glossary by
Balasubramaniam L.
Jun 23, 2005 12:15
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raw material drug
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Project background and construction conditions: In Collaboration with the 2nd Institute of Oceanography, Zhebei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has successfully developed a new process for purifying the acarbose raw material drug via microfiltration technology with the nanofiltration membrane in 2002. As a result, an acarbose raw material drug has been manufactured with higher purity, less raw material consumption, low pollution and a greater scale of manufacturing potential than those of Bayer Company of Germany, whose technological monopoly in acarbose drugs in China has been broken accordingly.
Question: "raw material drug" above is of course directly, or literally translated from Chinese, being not proper. It means a material lower than acarbose, i.e., acarbose is from it via purification etc. Is there an English term for this kind of drug? Not "intermediate" :-) Maybe a "raw acarbose" is enough?
By the way if somebody can help find there is anything not sounding good to English ear in the above paragraph, it would be greatly appreciated!
TIA!!!
Question: "raw material drug" above is of course directly, or literally translated from Chinese, being not proper. It means a material lower than acarbose, i.e., acarbose is from it via purification etc. Is there an English term for this kind of drug? Not "intermediate" :-) Maybe a "raw acarbose" is enough?
By the way if somebody can help find there is anything not sounding good to English ear in the above paragraph, it would be greatly appreciated!
TIA!!!
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| 4 | crude acrabose |
Balasubramaniam L.
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| 3 | acarbose-base drug |
David Moore (X)
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Balasubramaniam L.
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crude acrabose
crude acrabose
or unrefined acrabose
or unrefined acrabose
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acarbose-base drug
I think is what I'd be inclined to use; in other words, the drug from which acarbose is derived. As to the paragraph, IMO, it needs very little adjustment, marked with *...*
Project background and construction conditions: In *c*ollaboration with the 2nd Institute of Oceanography, Zhebei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. *...* successfully developed a new process for purifying the acarbose *raw material* drug via microfiltration technology with the nanofiltration membrane in 2002. As a result, an acarbose *raw material* drug has been manufactured with higher purity, less raw material consumption, low*er*(?) pollution and a greater scale of manufacturing potential than those of *the* Bayer Company of Germany, whose technological monopoly in acarbose drugs in China has been broken accordingly.
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Note added at 1 hr 26 mins (2005-06-23 13:41:50 GMT)
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\"Acarbose precursor\" may be a better bet; this is a common expression when chemicals are being produced for an intermediate production in the process. Wait for any comments, though...
Project background and construction conditions: In *c*ollaboration with the 2nd Institute of Oceanography, Zhebei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. *...* successfully developed a new process for purifying the acarbose *raw material* drug via microfiltration technology with the nanofiltration membrane in 2002. As a result, an acarbose *raw material* drug has been manufactured with higher purity, less raw material consumption, low*er*(?) pollution and a greater scale of manufacturing potential than those of *the* Bayer Company of Germany, whose technological monopoly in acarbose drugs in China has been broken accordingly.
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Note added at 1 hr 26 mins (2005-06-23 13:41:50 GMT)
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\"Acarbose precursor\" may be a better bet; this is a common expression when chemicals are being produced for an intermediate production in the process. Wait for any comments, though...
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