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Strategies for Sustainability
Strategies for Sustainability A further contribution of mine to the debate on moving towards a sustainable pharmaceutical industry has recently been published in European Pharmaceutical Contractor.
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Green Initiatives in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The latest edition of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Vol 10 No 4, 2011) has just published a series of articles on this subject which are freely available in the on-line edition under the heading “What’s your true green?” I contributed one of these articles on the subject of Gaining Approval for Green Initiatives. This is based on [...]
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ECOVIGILANCE – An essential requirement for the maintenance of biodiversity.
How do we add value to the ad-hoc biological monitoring already being undertaken so that the data generated might be used to minimise any environmental damage.
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Ecopharmacostewardship – A pharmaceutical industry perspective
Describes the environmental activities being pursued by the research pharmaceutical companies to produce a more sustainable business.
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Mode of Action – A paradigm shift in the risk assessment of micropollutants?
As analytical science becomes capable of detecting smaller and smaller amounts of material, do we need a paradigm shift in our approach to risk assessment for product regulation?
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Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry
A former colleague of mine, Dr Vyv Coombe and I have just published a chapter on the environmental and regulatory aspects of Green Chemistry and the Pharmaceutical Industry in a new book.
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Programme for the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy
The final conference programme is now available for this meeting to be held in Osnabruck from February 22nd to 23rd 2010.
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Announcing the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy
Following the success of the first conference in 2008, a second event with the theme “Incentives and Perspectives” has now been announced. The conference will take place in Osnabruck from 22-23 February 2010.
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Towards Green Pharmacy
wca is working with a number of clients in the pharmaceutical sector to incorporate environmental sustainability into their forward business projections. This article describes some of the probems and opportunities facing the sector and how they might be solved.
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Sustainable Development & Production of Human Pharmaceuticals
The research pharmaceutical industry is approaching environmental sustainability in two ways. Firstly by minimising its environmental footprint by increasing the efficiency with which it uses resources across all aspects of its business activities. Secondly, by reducing the environmental pressure exerted by that footprint by moving towards the use of less hazardous materials where that is [...]
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