“…Several excellent reviews have been published on industrial biocatalysis covering various aspects of enzymatic transformations for drug development. ,,− As such, this perspective does not aim to be comprehensive but rather highlight the current state-of-the-art of preparative enzymatic synthesis in an industrial setting. Therefore, the use of biocatalysis for small-scale pharmaceutical metabolite synthesis, lead diversification, ,,, bioconjugation, and selective protein modification − will not be focused upon in this article.…”