The aim of a crystallization process development is to find a crystallization process which can stable produce the optimal solid form with all desired properties such as particle size, particle shape,...
More than 70% of drug candidates worldwide are chiral. Typically, for chiral API, only one enantiomer or diasteromer is biologically active or desirable. Therefore, the production of enantiopure compounds or diastereomers is imperative. In the production of small molecule drugs with desired chirality, separation via crystallization can be much more economical and environmentally favorable than chromatography.
