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AstraZeneca to manufacture pharmaceuticals in Abu Dhabi
AstraZeneca has signed a strategic agreement to expand its existing partnership with a healthcare company in Abu Dhabi to locally manufacture innovative drugs.
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Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals
Manufacturers of (bio)pharmaceuticals, medical devices and in vitro diagnostics have the opportunity to lead the way in the defossilisation of organic chemicals. Here Martin Held from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Roche’s Stefan Koenig, Martin Olbrich and Jan Backmann propose how to reduce…
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CPI opens £88 million manufacturing innovation centre
CPI has opened its Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Scotland to focus on efficient, sustainable manufacturing and advance medicine research.
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Seven pharma CEOs unite to achieve emission targets
In a global first, the health sector has converged to incentivise supply chains and clinical trials to reduce emissions through the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force.
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Biopharma successful in achieving climate-related goals, report finds
A report shows two Big Pharma companies made the top 10 in the FTSE sustainability leaderboard, yet progress against climate goals has stalled since COP26.
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Your endotoxin experts
A new age of sustainability: discover how ACC’s PyroSmart NextGen® recombinant Cascade Reagent (rCR) enhances bacterial endotoxin testing (BET).
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New initiative will calculate carbon footprint of clinical trials
The new methodology will assess the carbon impact of clinical trials and recommend ways to reduce it.
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Sustainable pharma packaging: breaking down the barriers to adoption
Here, Origin’s Rich Quelch explores how pharma can adopt more sustainable packaging practices while balancing consumer safety.
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GSK requires supplier sustainability compliance from 2023
New climate responsibility for the GSK supply chain will come into force from 2023, helping the biopharmaceutical giant to achieve their aspirational environmental targets.
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Is localisation the answer for pharmaceutical supply chain resilience?
Highlighting the findings of a recent supply chain report, EPR’s Hannah Balfour discusses measures pharmaceutical suppliers may adopt to establish demand- and crisis-resistant supply chains. Commenting on the findings, Ernst & Young Global Limited colleagues Famke Krumbmüller, Derron Stark and Olaf Zweig elaborate on the impact and lessons learned through…
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A strategic approach to optimisations of testing bacterial endotoxins
Given industry's recent focus on the sustainability of bacterial endotoxin testing (BET), here, AstraZeneca colleagues Miriam Guest, Karen Capper, Dennis Wong and Phil Duncanson share how they worked to establish a short-, mid- and long-term strategy to optimise BET across the global enterprise. They also explore some of the short-term…
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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 4 2022
In EPR Issue 4, experts discuss implementing a global strategy to improve the sustainability of endotoxin testing, how to accelerate timelines for manufacture of multi-specific antibodies and the potential of oncolytic viruses as a therapy for glioblastoma. Also featured: progress towards smart vaccine manufacturing, an update on edible anticounterfeiting technology,…
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Samsung Biologics recognised for sustainable growth
The Frost & Sullivan Institute to present CDMO Samsung Biologics with a Global Enlightened Growth Leadership Award for its commitment to sustainable growth and protecting and prolonging human lives.
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EU proposes new blood, tissues and cells Regulation
The draft Regulation aims to enhance the protection of donors and recipients of substances of human origin (SoHO) therapies, while facilitating supply and innovation.
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Sustainable energy strategies for pharmaceutical manufacturers
In this article, Andrew Toher, Head of Customer Insights Europe at Enel X, delves into the potential benefits and key considerations of a sustainable energy strategy.
