SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

PRACTICAL PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABILITY

Alex Fong and Olivia Houselander discuss the importance of sustainability in the healthcare sector and the challenges that must be overcome to achieve it in a meaningful and lasting way.

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY IN DRUG DELIVERY – STATE OF PLAY IN 2023

Isobel Filipova of Owen Mumford explains where the healthcare industry stands on current environmental objectives, identifies obstacles to achieving sustainability in drug delivery and looks at how the sector can make progress to meet its objectives.

EARLY INSIGHT

John Palmer-Felgate

Eco-inject

AN ECO-FRIENDLY AND ECONOMICAL APPROACH TO AUTOINJECTORS

John Palmer-Felgate introduces Eco-inject's patented innovation – a single-use, two-step autoinjector that is both eco-friendly and economical.

CONFERENCE SHOWCASE

RDD

INTERVIEW: RDD EUROPE 2023 REVIEW & RDD 2024 PREVIEW

Respiratory Drug Delivery talks with ONdrugDelivery, reviewing highlights of the successful RDD Europe 2023 event, which took place in Antibes, France last May, then describing what’s ahead for RDD 2024, which will take place in Tuscon, AZ, US, next May, including some of the key upcoming deadlines for participants.

SUSTAINABILITY

Grant Thurston

Proveris Scientific

EXPLORING THE PERFORMANCE OF LOW-GWP PROPELLANTS

Grant Thurston and Lynn Jordan discusses the performance of pressurised metered dose inhaler propellants with a low global warming potential.

EXPERT VIEW

Michael Astle

TRANSFORMING PHARMA MANUFACTURING TO DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY AND COST EFFICIENCY

Michael Astle, Gareth Jenkins and Edward Mayo explore current strategies to reduce carbon emissions and drive cost efficiency throughout the healthcare industry.

SUSTAINABILITY

Dr Veluska Bruce

SHL Medical

MAKING LOW-CARBON-EMISSION SINGLE-USE MEDICAL DEVICES A REALITY

Veluska Bruce discusses the design and development of single-use autoinjectors in the context of sustainable development.

SUSTAINABILITY

Henryk Badack

Vetter Pharma

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

Henryk Badack outlines Vetter's efforts to establish sustainable business practices.

SUSTAINABILITY

Dr Bettine Boltres

West Pharmaceutical Services

THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHARMA ECOSYSTEM: PRODUCT PERFORMANCE NOW MEETS SUSTAINABILITY

Bettine Boltres and Shivani Polasani discuss how pharma can progress towards a more sustainable future, and consider the role that the collaboration between Corning and West Pharmaceutical Services can play in supporting pharma’s sustainability goals.

SUSTAINABILITY

Marc Severin

H&T Presspart

DRIVING SUSTAINABLE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES WITH CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES

Marc Severin discusses the H&T Excellence programme and how it has been expanded to include methods and training to help H&T Presspart identify environmental impact at a product group level and take co-ordinated action to reduce carbon emissions across the organisation.

SUSTAINABILITY

André Jansen

IGS GeboJagema

GREEN THINKING: HOW TO BECOME A MORE SUSTAINABLE ORGANISATION

André Jansen and Ron Cisliek describe how high-precision mould maker IGS GeboJagema is fostering a culture of “green thinking” and making sustainability a core part of its business.

EXPERT VIEW

Will Morris

ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS FOR CHANGE IN DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES

Will Morris discusses the positive changes that have occurred when it comes to environmental sustainability in the medical industry, in the context of examining what more can be done.

SUSTAINABILITY

Justin Schroeder

PCI Pharma Services

SUSTAINABILITY UNLEASHED: DRIVING POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE PHARMA INDUSTRY

Justin Schroeder, Ann Cartwright and Gigi Bat-Erdene discuss the unique challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry in adopting environmental, social and governance principles, and present a way forward to achieve the necessary goal of improving sustainability within the industry.

EXPERT VIEW

Jimin Han

SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE BIOPHARMA INDUSTRY

Jimin Han delves into the intricate landscape of sustainability challenges within the biopharma industry and explores the innovative solutions that are steering drug development toward a greener future.

EXPERT VIEW

Paramesh Natarajan

HOW LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT SUPPORTS INSIGHT-DRIVEN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Paramesh Natarajan, Shadi Bavar and Charlie Dean present the case for using screening lifecycle assessments to lead into more detailed targeted and comprehensive lifecycle assessments focused on the areas of greatest environmental impact, using a screening lifecycle assessment of a hypothetical body-worn injector as an example.

SUSTAINABILITY

Maike Wolf

Gerresheimer

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN OF A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE FOR BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

Maike Wolf and Marie Stockton discuss how sustainability is a fundamental strategic priority for Gerresheimer. They also highlight how eco-design principles have been applied to the development of an on-body injector for subcutaneous delivery of biopharmaceuticals.

EXPERT VIEW

John Burke

TACKLING DESIGN CHALLENGES IN EMERGENCY-USE AUTOINJECTORS

John Burke considers the challenges that manufacturers need to overcome when designing emergency-use autoinjectors.

EXPERT VIEW

Giorgio Sardo

RETHINKING PLASTIC: HOW ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGN IS DRIVING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE

Giorgio Sardo discusses sustainable material selection and the results of tests comparing the performance of sustainable bio-based plastic resins with their fossil-based equivalents.

INTERVIEW

Julien Storz

Aptar Pharma

WHY SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING MATTERS IN PHARMA’S CIRCULAR APPROACH – APTAR PHARMA’S FUTURITY PLATFORM LEADS THE WAY

Julien Storz discusses the importance of sustainable packaging in the pharma industry and introduces the company’s Futurity platform and its role in product circularity.

EXPERT VIEW

Will Davies

DESIGNING SUSTAINABILITY INTO PHARMACEUTICAL DEVICES

Will Davies discusses in detail how to address the challenges of designing sustainability into pharmaceutical devices.

EXPERT VIEW

Tim Wooller

SUSTAINABILITY IN DRUG DELIVERY: HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Tim Wooller discusses the urgent need to transition away from disposable models of drug delivery device design and move towards reusables, providing insights into the reasons why and the methods by which this can be achieved.

EXPERT VIEW

Julien Tremblin

IMPROVING RECYCLABILITY IN DRUG DELIVERY

Julien Tremblin looks at the recyclability challenges facing the drug delivery market and considers how companies can enhance the recyclability of their packaging and devices.

SUSTAINABILITY

Sandrine Coutarel

Nemera

COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY!

Sandrine Coutarel looks at the company’s sustainability road map and the steps being taken to achieve its aims.

SUSTAINABILITY

Chris Baron

Aptar Pharma

NAVIGATING pMDI REFORMULATION 2.0

Chris Baron and William Ganley examine possible responses to the environmental impact of pressurised metered dose inhalers use and consider alternative inhaler types, with a focus on the strategies and support that can accelerate the development of the next generation of pMDIs.

EXPERT VIEW

Mark Parry

CONSIDERATIONS WHEN SWITCHING FROM CURRENT pMDI PROPELLANTS TO NEW LOWER-GWP PROPELLANTS

Mark Parry discusses the considerations that need to be made when switching from current pressurised metered dose inhaler propellants to new alternatives with lower global warming potential, including formulation, regulatory and analytical standpoints.

EXPERT VIEW

Cormac O'Prey

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & MANUFACTURE IN MEDICAL DEVICES: WHERE TO START

Cormac O’Prey discusses the challenges and advantages of implementing circular economy principles in the medical device sector, with a particular consideration of the difficulty of making remanufacturing work for high-volume, low-value devices.