Flow chemistry has become a vibrant area for Research Article over the past decade. This perspective is intended to capture insights on how these advances have and will continue to impact the development and commercialization of active pharmaceutical ingredients. A series of chemistry examples from a number of pharmaceutical companies will highlight the influence of flow chemistry on this industry.

• Eli Lilly & Co.

• API

1. API
2. continuous manufacturing
3. continuous processing
4. Control strategy
5. CSTR
6. drug product (DP)
7. Drug substance
8. flow chemistry
9. PFR
10. Pharmaceutical
11. Review article
12. State of control
13. steady state