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Pyrimethamine

An antiparasitic that blocks the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase, discovered in 1952 and in use since 1953: born to fight malaria, it is also used against toxoplasmosis, together with sulfadiazine, and it has been included in the WHO List of Essential Medicines. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?It was developed by Gertrude Elion, an American biochemist and pharmacologist who in 1988 received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering important principles of drug treatment.

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EDQM standards 2

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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