Hyderabad-based startup Aptus Therapeutics develops novel Favipiravir production method
The start-up says that the developed synthetic process technology is cost-effective and eco-friendly as it uses less solvents and easy to isolate the target molecule in large quantities.;
Hyderabad: Aptus Therapeutics, a start-up at University of Hyderabad's ASPIRE-TBI, focusing on synthetic chemistry and chemo enzymatic chemistry, has developed novel and innovative methods for manufacturing of Favipiravir, an antiviral drug being used for treatment of Covid-19.
The start-up says that the developed synthetic process technology is cost-effective and eco-friendly as it uses less solvents and easy to isolate the target molecule in large quantities.
The firm has successfully developed and validated the technology for commercial bulk production. For this, Aptus Therapeutics has associated with Fleming Laboratories, Hyderabad for bulk production and currently has made an agreement with a Russian firm to supply it in large quantities.
Aptus has also developed another commercially potential natural therapeutic molecule "FL-09", a cholesterol lowering drug using green chemistry methodologies. The start-up developed this technology at ASPIRE-TBI, UoH and it has reached the commercialisation stage.
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