The current trend in the pharmaceutical industry for the manufacture of small-molecule therapeutic agents is moving toward continuous flow processes. This article is part of a special issue on APIs.

Brush and Maritan write that flow manufacturing "allows a plant to develop its manufacturing capabilities of quality, flexibility and delivery speed with positive feedback on cost and efficiency.

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