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		jostmey on April 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: India Supreme Court rejects Novartis' right to pat... Would the crystalline form even be a viable drug? Don't drugs have to be soluble in order to circulate in the blood stream? Is the beta cystalline form the same chemical formula as the soluble form?

anuraj on April 2, 2013 [–]

Beta crystalline form has the same chemical formula as the non-crystalline form and is soluble.

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