Green and Sustainable Pharmacy

Within recent years pharmaceuticals have come into focus as contaminants of the environment (see for example K<U+00fc>mmerer, K. editor: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment). At the same time the issue of sustainable chemistry gained momentum. Bringing both together would result in sustainable...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: K<U+00fc>mmerer, Klaus. (Editor), Hempel, Maximilian. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05199-9
Table of Contents:
  • General Aspects
  • Green and sustainable Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceuticals in the Water Cycle: Moving from a Problem to a Solution
  • What can we learn from Green Chemistry?
  • Development, Synthesis and Production of Pharmaceuticals
  • Production of Pharmaceuticals - Some General Aspects
  • Green Metrics and practical examples
  • Examples from Industrial Practice in Lead Development Using in-silico Methods
  • Rational Design of Molecules by Life Cycle Engineering
  • The Role of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery
  • Use and Disposal of Pharmaceuticals
  • Pharmacovigilance and Ecopharmacology
  • Perspectives for Changing Prescription and Disposal Routines
  • Experiences with Swedish Classification System
  • Pharmaceutical Waste
  • Handling of unused and out dated pharmaceuticals - an European Survey
  • Future Consumption
  • Emission Management
  • Point Sources of Human Pharmaceuticals into the Aquatic Environment
  • Managing Diffuse Sources
  • An Integrated Management Strategy
  • Incentives, Regulation and the Market
  • European Regulations
  • The regulators' Perspective
  • Incentives
  • The View of the Drinking Water Industries
  • The View of a Bank
  • Research Needs and Outlook
  • Research Challenges in Green Pharmaceuticals.