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February 25, 2022 3:49 AM
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Sustainable shipping technologies in the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industry have come a long way, offering significant supply chain benefits.
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January 27, 2022 12:49 AM
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SoftGroup, the best-in-class end-to-end traceability technology provider in the CEE region, today declares its commitment to increase sustainable and responsible development by announcing its first edition of the Sustainability report 2020-2021. The company perceives objectives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, containing sustainable action plans in the economic, environmental, and social fields.
The main areas of focus covered in the report include:
Commitments to improving wellbeing and healthy lives Gender equality Promoting productive employment and inclusion Sustainable industrialization and digitalization Revitalizing partnerships for sustainable development
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February 23, 2021 12:09 AM
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As resource consumption grows, several industries including the pharmaceutical industry are under pressure to implement sustainable practices.
Verdict has conducted a poll to understand the sustainability areas that pharmaceutical industry needs to address the most.
Environmental sustainability was voted as the area that needs to be addressed the most by the pharmaceutical industry, according to 43% of the respondents. Climate change was considered as the most pressing environmental issue by 52% of the respondents who voted for environmental sustainability, followed by pollution (32%), natural resources (11%), and biodiversity (5%).
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August 17, 2020 6:17 AM
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The multinational was one of the first 53 companies to sign up to The Climate Group’s RE100 scheme, pledging to meet 80% of the electricity demands of its global estate with renewables by 2020 and to meet 100% as soon as possible.
This week, Novo Nordisk announced it had met that target after investing in a combination of onsite generation and corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) with generation arrays based locally to its facilities; and by shifting to 100% renewable electricity tariffs for facilities where these options were not viable.
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November 5, 2019 2:30 AM
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Albertsons pharmacies are swapping white for brown as they transition from traditional white prescription bags to a new recycled brown bag at 1,700+ locations across the United States. The switch to a more sustainable bag is expected to save more than 5,000 trees annually. Made with 100% recycled content, the new bags include 60% post-consumer recycled content, making Albertsons Companies the first major pharmacy chain to offer this type of bag, the company said.
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July 30, 2019 3:23 AM
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Centrient Pharmaceuticals, global leader in producing sustainable antibiotics, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi organized a workshop today on ‘Sustainability through Excellence in Manufacturing (STEM)’ to impart advanced training and education to industry stakeholders on quality, regulatory and manufacturing clean and sustainable pharmaceuticals. “A strong combination of technological innovation and research is needed to grapple with AMR. Sensitization, public awareness, and training of personnel can help to deal with the problem on a national front. The preservation of antibiotics is very relevant to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
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April 18, 2019 7:44 AM
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United Smart Cities and drug delivery and development company, Cure Pharmaceutical, have announced a global healthcare awareness initiative. In view of escalating healthcare costs, Cure and United Smart Cities will seek to promote education and innovation in delivering cost-effective and sustainable treatments to the world’s 7.3 billion population.
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January 27, 2022 12:50 AM
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In our first edition of 2022, we look to the future with how best to support and improve our health service. The NHS is set to continually grow and learn through digital innovation as well as further efforts made towards a sustainable way of working.
This magazine homes in on topics that are now more than ever vitally important to the healthcare sector as a whole, including: A greener NHS and building a better future, digitising the NHS and the future of technology within facilities and pharma.
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January 27, 2022 12:47 AM
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Packaging Technology Group, Inc (PTG), a leading provider of thermal packaging solutions and services for the biopharmaceutical and life sciences sector, announced today the cold chain industry's first extended-duration, curbside recyclable thermal shipper. This new addition to PTG's award-winning TRUEtemp Naturals® Line maintains 2-8°C for 72 hours.
PTG's line of curbside recyclable & repulpable products used by several top-tier pharmaceutical companies offers an 80% decrease in overall environmental impact compared to a standard EPS shipper. PTG's team continues to roll out new TRUEtemp Naturals® products at various temperature ranges and durations. The newest innovative design is a cost-effective alternative to VIP and PUR shippers, which currently are subject to supply chain challenges, and not made with sustainable materials.
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February 23, 2021 12:06 AM
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SFEE and its member companies are committed to ensuring the sustainability of our healthcare systems by breaking barriers and silos and working together with policymakers to deliver outcomes to patients, society and the national economy, writes Olympios Papadimitriou.
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May 26, 2020 1:55 AM
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Until recently, innovation lay dormant in the quality-driven cannabis industry. However, an evolving regulatory environment, coupled with tech-driven research, has bred a new era of cannabinoid solutions.
One brand leading the API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) aspect of the space is Aureus Santa Marta, a brand of Avicanna Inc AVCNF (TSX: AVCN) which combines its industrial, ethically-driven and sustainable cannabis cultivation strategies with research and world-class quality standards, to disseminate cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals, phytotherapeutics, derma-cosmetics, and purified extracts.
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November 5, 2019 1:56 AM
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Romaco’s Push Packs, made from recyclable polyolefin laminate, are the ‘first ever’ recyclable unit dose packaging for solid drug products, according to the company. The unit dose strip packaging foil was developed by the German processing equipment company Romaco, in collaboration with the Finish packaging company, Huhtamaki, “as a joint step towards more sustainable pharmaceutical packaging,” the companies stated. For the packaging to be produced, Huhtamaki’s foil, which has a recyclable rate of more than 70%, is processed into four-sided sealed strips with a push-through function using Romaco’s heat-sealing technology.
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May 22, 2019 6:27 AM
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Italy-based Bormioli Pharma has announced what it calls the 'first sustainable plastic packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry'. The company says this represents a breakthrough in a traditionally conservative and highly regulated industry.
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