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The european union eu seized 73 new types of synthetic drugs in 2012, compared with just 49 in 2011. The armodafinil, the renantiomer of the racemic marketed drug synthetic routes cited herein represent the most scalable methods modafinil. Patterns of use of new synthetic drugs in a sample of. Oct 19, 2010 synthetic lethal approaches to breast cancer therapy. This was a crosssectional, structured survey that was included in specific drug forums on the internet. Synthetic approaches to the 2009 new drugs sciencedirect. Synthetic lethal approaches to breast cancer therapy nature. In the uk alone, the last two years has seen more than five separate additions totalling more than 50 different compounds to the misuse of drugs act. Furthermore, 31 new synthetic cathinones were identified in 2012, compared to only four in 2009.
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