TL;DW:
Due to various molecular configurations (aka polymorphs), currently known medicines when contaminated with a catalyst seed molecule/particle can become unstable and irreversibly unreproducible via chained-contaminations.

This system of contamination and reproduction acts in similar fashion to viral infections.

Current Solutions:

  • better clean room procedures for all steps of medicine manufacturing.
  • pour more money into medicine polymorph research.
    • BreadOven@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      Thanks! We’re actually actively hiring due to backlogs of drug submissions. I definitely prefer the chemistry aspect to equipment validation and such, but what can you do?