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作者: Ishida, Tasuku ; Fukuyama, Takashi ; Itano, Wataru ; Isomura, Minetaka ; Seki, Masashi ; Watanabe, Yuzo ; Matsuura, Fumiyoshi ; Ohashi, Isao ; Matsukura, Masayuki ; Matsuda, Masaaki ; Owa, Takashi ; Murai, Norio ; Tagami, Katsuya ; Yoneda, Naoki ; Kayano, Akio ; Asano, Osamu ; Yamamoto, Yuji ; Yamamoto, Akihiko ; Sasaki, Takeo ; Kaburagi, Yosuke ; Iida, Daisuke ; Miyashita, Yusuke ; Kira, Kazunobu ; Azuma, Hiroshi ; Kishi, Yoshito ; Nagao, Satoshi ; Yahata, Kenzo ; Kamada, Atsushi ; Sato, Yuki ; Iso, Kentaro ; Matsumoto, Yasunobu
E7130 is a novel drug candidate with an exceedingly complex chemical structure of the halichondrin class, discovered by a total synthesis approach through joint research between the Kishi group at Harvard University and Eisai. Only 18 months after completion of the initial milligram-scale synthesis, ten-gram-scale synthesis of E7130 was achieved, providing the first good manufacturing practice (GMP) batch to supply clinical trials. This paper highlights the challenges in developing ten-gram-scale synthesis from the milligram-scale synthesis.