About API:
- Drug products are usually composed of several components. The API is the primary ingredient. Other ingredients are commonly known as “excipients”.
- API is the biologically active component of a drug product (tablet, capsule, cream, injectable) that produces the intended effects.
- These are also known as bulk drugs.
- The materials used to manufacture APIs are called intermediates.
- The quality of a drug product relies on the quality of the API.
- Fixed-dose combination drugs use multiple APIs, while single-dose drugs like Crocin use just one API.
- Status in India– Indian drug-makers import around 70% of their total bulk drug requirements from China.
