TY - BOOK

T1 - Green and sustainable pharmacy

A2 - Kümmerer, Klaus

A2 - Hempel, Maximilian

N1 - International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy. Osnabrück, 2008.04.24-25

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Within recent years pharmaceuticals have come into focus as contaminants of the environment (see for example Kümmerer, K. editor: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment). At the same time the issue of sustainable chemistry gained momentum. Bringing both together would result in sustainable pharmacy. Sustainable pharmacy is a totally new issue and approach. It addresses environmental, economical and social aspects of pharmacy. In the present stage the focus will be on environmental issues along the whole lifecycle of a pharmaceutical entity. That is dealing with resources and energy input but also with waste issues for example during the synthesis and production of an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Furthermore, it would also look on the compounds themselves and will aim to improve the degradability of the compounds after their use in the environment to reduce the environmental risk caused by pharmaceuticals in the environment. Another issue is the people using pharmaceuticals such as pharmacists, medical doctors and patients. How can they contribute to more efficient use of pharmaceuticals with less environmental burden and less risk for drinking water. The book "Sustainable Pharmacy" will address all these issues and will be the first one dealing with this important topic. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.

AB - Within recent years pharmaceuticals have come into focus as contaminants of the environment (see for example Kümmerer, K. editor: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment). At the same time the issue of sustainable chemistry gained momentum. Bringing both together would result in sustainable pharmacy. Sustainable pharmacy is a totally new issue and approach. It addresses environmental, economical and social aspects of pharmacy. In the present stage the focus will be on environmental issues along the whole lifecycle of a pharmaceutical entity. That is dealing with resources and energy input but also with waste issues for example during the synthesis and production of an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Furthermore, it would also look on the compounds themselves and will aim to improve the degradability of the compounds after their use in the environment to reduce the environmental risk caused by pharmaceuticals in the environment. Another issue is the people using pharmaceuticals such as pharmacists, medical doctors and patients. How can they contribute to more efficient use of pharmaceuticals with less environmental burden and less risk for drinking water. The book "Sustainable Pharmacy" will address all these issues and will be the first one dealing with this important topic. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.

KW - Chemistry

KW - drug design

KW - environmental pollution

KW - green pharmacy

KW - sustainability

KW - water management

KW - drug design

KW - environmental pollution

KW - green pharmacy

KW - sustainability

KW - water management

KW - chemistry

KW - development

KW - drug

KW - drug delivery

KW - pharmaceuticals

KW - pharmacology

KW - pharmacy

KW - production

KW - research

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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-05199-9

DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-05199-9

M3 - Collected editions and anthologies

SN - 978-3-642-05198-2

SN - 978-3-642-42429-8

BT - Green and sustainable pharmacy

PB - Springer

CY - Berlin, Heidelberg

ER -