India, June 12 -- image credit- pib

In a decisive step towards building India's capabilities in advanced specialty chemicals, the Technology Development Board (TDB), under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has extended financial support to Mumbai-based Clearsynth Labs for setting up a dedicated manufacturing facility for the commercial-scale production of deuterated reagentsand building blocks.

The non-nuclear applications of deuterium are increasingly finding traction across industries. Bulk manufacturing of deuterated reagents and building blocks is becoming increasingly important globally, as other than the use of Deuterium labelled compounds for clinical research applications andpPharma research, i...