FDA approves first deuterated drug

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 16, 305 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.89 Author: Asher Mullard The FDA approved Teva Pharmaceuticals' deutetrabenazine for chorea associated with Huntington disease, providing the first approval of a drug that contains the heavy hydrogen isotope deuterium.Early adopters first started tinkering with the use of deuterium in drug candidates more than 50 years ago.
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