Ahir Pushpanath PhD., Team Leader, Biocatalysis – Johnson Matthey

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WHY DO YOU THINK THAT BIOCATALYSIS IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY MORE POWERFUL TOOL FOR PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES?
As nature’s catalyst, enzymes are being leveraged as biocatalysts in industrial transformations because they have the power to catalyse desirable chemistry with remarkable advantages in specificity and selectivity. Biocatalysts also offer many green advantages, such as performing better under mild conditions, making this technology safer than traditional alternatives. Additionally, poorly designed chemocatalytic processes often use expensive and scarce precious metals that may require extensive mining, processing, and refining operations. The principles that biocatalysis addresses underpin the sustainable shift in current pharmaceutical manufacturing towa ... ...