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Using Green Chemistry to Create a More Sustainable Pharmaceutical Industry

Using Green Chemistry to Create a More Sustainable Pharmaceutical Industry
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Summary
The medicines we rely on may look tiny when we hold them in our hands, but the manufacturing processes that create those medicines happen at a very large scale. Anything that makes those processes cleaner, safer, and more efficient can have a tremendous impact on efforts to fight climate change and create a more sustainable future.

Hear how green chemistry is helping to make those changes possible.

My guest for this episode is Paul Richardson, a director of research with Pfizer and a co-chair of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute's Pharmaceutical Roundtable.

This episode includes 1) a 2-minute preview video, 2) a 44-minute video of the full interview... and 3) a soon-to-be-released audio podcast version.
Keywords
Pharmaceuticals
Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
Efficient processes
Flow chemistry
Catalysis
Drug Discovery and Development

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Videos (e.g., tutorials, presentations)
Audience
Middle School
High School (Secondary School)
Introductory Undergraduate
Upper/Advanced Undergraduate
Graduate or Professional Training (e.g., Postdoctoral Fellows, Early-Career Professionals)
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Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S)
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Green Chemistry Principles
Waste Prevention
Atom Economy
Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses
Designing Safer Chemicals
Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
Design for Energy Efficiency
Use of Renewable Feedstocks
Catalysis
Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Responsible Consumption and Production
Learning Goals/Student Objectives
Students will hear from a leading expert about how the pharmaceutical industry is using green chemistry to improve sustainability and reduce its climate footprint. The episode offers a terrific gateway into the real-world usefulness of things like catalysis, safer solvents, renewable feedstocks, flow chemistry, and thoughtful process and product design.
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Multimedia-based learning
Time required (if applicable)
44 minutes to watch the full episode ; 2 minutes to watch the preview video

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Video of the Full Interview (44 min)
Preview video ( ~ 2 min)

Comments

Curtis Tucker
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 23:21 Permalink

Thanks Paul Richardson for a great overview of the prospective methods and results involved in progressing green chemistry in pharma.

 

Interested to see how contemporary proficiency in liquid chromatography methods will support the development of flow reactors. After these amazing insights, I'll be investigating electrochemicstry and photoelectrochemisty in organic reactions.

 

Thanks for the simple yet extensive discussion.