Bonus Epy!Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), the essential components in medications responsible for therapeutic effects. We cover: How APIs function in the body, interacting with biological targets to achieve desired outcomes, and their global sourcing methods, highlighting the dominance of countries like India and China, alongside the use of in-house or outsourced manufacturing. Variations in API quality, influenced by factors like purity and potency, and the role of regulatory bodies in ensuring standards. Finally, we address the geopolitical sensitivities of the API supply chain, explaining how global events and economic factors impact production and availability.

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