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Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot - Pharmaceutically active ionic liquids have been immobilised onto solid supports to enable liquid drugs to be administered in solid form. Scientists from the US and Europe hope that their work will make the pharmaceutical industry consider ionic liquids as a viable alternative to solid drugs. Reference: K Bica et al, Chem. Commun., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2cc30959a