Virginia is emerging as a hotspot for pharmaceutical manufacturing, attracting a growing number of industry players. The privately-held pharma manufacturing organizations Civica and Phlow have a presence in the state, as do Big Pharma heavyweight Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) and AMPAC Fine Chemicals (NYSE:AMPA). The latter company produces active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates for the…
How pharma can optimize for right-the-first-time drug manufacturing and sustainability
The pharmaceutical industry is gradually going green. More pharma companies are embracing sustainability metrics and striving to reduce corporate emissions and their footprint. More than 25% of major pharma and biopharma companies are committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Many are also committed to ensuring equal access to medicine for the 2 billion people worldwide that are currently…
Pharmaceuticals, Their Manufacturing Methods, Ecotoxicology, and Human Life Relationship
A look at the impact of improper pharmaceutical waste treatment by Girish Malhotra, PE EPCOT International Pepper Pike, OH A recent study1 by Dr. Joakim Larsson of The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, of the effluent water from the Patancheru wastewater treatment facility in Hyderabad, India is going to cause a global uproar about environmental…