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A bottle of Advil over the counter pain medication [Credit: Rajarajan Kannanb/Shutterstock.com].

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Advil to reduce plastic waste through implementing new sustainable plastic technology

20 April 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

GSK Consumer Healthcare aims to reduce the plastic in all Advil bottles sold online and in store by 20 percent by 2022.

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Collaboration to encourage US adoption of continuous manufacturing

13 April 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

USP and Phlow have built a new laboratory to develop test methods and standards to facilitate broader adoption of continuous manufacturing in the US.

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GSK Consumer Healthcare to incorporate paper bottles into its packaging

6 April 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

To meet its ambitious sustainability targets, GSK Consumer Healthcare has joined the Pulpex paper bottle consortium.

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Europe to lead growth in the biodegradable pharmaceutical packaging market

26 March 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

According to a report, the desire to reduce waste, technological advancement and regulatory standards will all drive the adoption of biodegradable pharmaceutical packaging.

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Pharmaceutical packaging market to value over $144bn by 2027

15 March 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

New research suggests the use of innovative and development of eco-friendly packaging, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic will all drive growth in the pharmaceutical packaging market.

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UK to revolutionise oligonucleotide medicines manufacturing

10 February 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Collaborators on Grand Challenge 3 will utilise their combined expertise to transform the oligonucleotide supply chain.

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Amgen sets target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2027

12 January 2021 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Amgen has set out the company's seven-year environmental sustainability plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2027.

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Whitepaper: Going green in the cleanroom

14 December 2020 | By Contec

Contec ReFIBE: a recycled polyester cleanroom wipe providing a sustainability story in a single-use world.

3D computer rendering of a stem cell colonie - hundred of blue cells each with an orange dot (nucleus) in the centre

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Could newborn stem cells revolutionise cell therapies?

8 December 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

In this article, Dr Jaime Shamonki, Generate Life Science’s CMO, discusses how newborn stem cells derived from umbilical cord tissue could make mesenchymal stem cells less expensive and variable to produce.

European union flag (Blue with circle of yellow stars in center) with a white pill bottle spilling tablets over it - idea of EU medicine supply

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EC announces new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe

26 November 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The strategy outlines actions to strengthen EU supply chains, encourage innovation and ensure medicines are affordable and sustainable.

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How can Software as a Service drive collaboration and success in pharma?

24 November 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

In this Q&A, Nick Pike, Chief Revenue Officer at Vizibl, outlines with EPR’s Hannah Balfour the benefits of Software as a Service (SaaS) for pharmaceutical companies and describes how its adoption can enable companies to achieve many goals faster; from collaborating on bringing new products to market to reaching their…

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Use of paper tube-pouch could reduce plastic in pharma packaging

10 November 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

According to the developers of a new paper tube-pouch, its design could reduce plastic use by up to 65 percent in pharma packaging.

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GSK sets goals of net zero impact on environment by 2030

5 November 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

GSK will use 100 percent renewable electricity usage among other efforts in its plans to have a net zero impact on the climate by 2030.

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First fully recyclable tubes with high-density polyethylene caps developed

26 October 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Polyethylene-based tubes with high-density polyethylene flip-top caps that are fully recyclable have been developed for use in pharma.

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Biopharma increasingly factoring sustainability into cold chain decisions

30 July 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

A survey has found that the biopharma industry is taking sustainability into their cold chain considerations more and more, with 66 percent saying it is very important.

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