Green and sustainable pharmacy [electronic resource] / edited by Klaus Kummerer, Maximilian Hempel.

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. Sus...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Kümmerer, Klaus, 1959-, Hempel, Maximilian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; London : Springer, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why Green and Sustainable Pharmacy? / Klaus Kümmerer
  • Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Moving from a Problem to a Solution / John P. Sumpter
  • Pharmaceuticals in Society / David J. Triggle
  • Green(er) Pharmacy / James H. Clark, Simon W. Breeden, Louise Summerton
  • Creating a Sustainability Culture
  • A (Human Resources) Management Perspective for Sustainable Pharmacy / Michael Läufer
  • Reducing the Ecological Footprint of Pharmaceutical Usage: Linkages Between Healthcare Practices and the Environment / Christian G. Daughton, Ilene S. Ruhoy
  • Ecopharmacostewardship
  • A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective / David Taylor
  • Protein and Peptide Therapeuticals: An Example of "Benign by Nature" Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients / Jürg Oliver Straub
  • Rational Design of Molecules by Life Cycle Engineering / Klaus Kümmerer
  • Options for a More Environmentally Friendly Handling of Pharmaceuticals / Konrad Götz, Jutta Deffner
  • Disposal of Pharmaceutical Waste in Households: A European Survey / Gerald Vollmer
  • Pharmaceutical Waste: The Patient Role / Staffan Castensson, Anders Ekedahl
  • Forecast of Pharmaceutical Consumption in the Netherlands Using Demographic Projections / Monique van der Aa, Geertjan Kommer
  • Point Sources of Human Pharmaceuticals into the Aquatic Environment / Kevin V. Thomas, Katherine H. Langford
  • Pharmaceuticals for Human Use: An Integrated Strategy for Reducing the Contamination of Water Bodies / Florian Keil
  • Experiences with the Swedish Environmental Classification Scheme / Åke Wennmalm, Bo Gunnarsson
  • European Regulations / Eleftheria Kampa, Thomas Dworak, Cornelius Laaser, Rodrigo Vidaurre
  • Regulation and the Market-Incentives / Benoît Roig, Evelyne Touraud
  • Do Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Present an Investment Risk? / Andreas Holzer
  • Sustainable Health Products and Service Solutions in the Year 2050 / Ludwig Metz, Klaus Kümmerer
  • Summary and Outlook / Klaus Kümmerer, Maximilian Hempel, Hans-Christian Schaefer, Florian Keil.