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Norethisterone

A synthetic progestogen prepared on 15 October 1951 in Mexico City by the young chemist Luis Miramontes, under the guidance of Carl Djerassi and George Rosenkranz: its synthesis paved the way for the contraceptive pill. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, metabolites, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?Miramontes was a student working on his undergraduate thesis: his name appears on the patent alongside those of Djerassi and Rosenkranz.

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EDQM standards 4

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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