Varenicline: Discovery synthesis and process chemistry developments

Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Volume 2: Challenges in an Ever Changing Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 23-47

  Coe, Jotham W ^a   Watson, Harry A ^a   Singer, Robert A ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420008357     Document Type: Chapter

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