January 10, 2023

EU regulation does not adequately consider environmental emissions of pharmaceuticals in global manufacturing supply chains

EU regulation pertaining to good manufacturing practices and environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals does not adequately consider the environmental emissions of pharmaceuticals in global manufacturing supply chains, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland concludes. Published by the European Commission in 2020, the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe highlights the need to revise the EU’s general pharmaceutical legislation (Directive 2001/83 and Regulation 726/2004) with […]

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December 11, 2022

How big, bulky drugs get into our cells

Recent findings by UCSF and Arc Institute scientists open up new possibilities for overcoming a fundamental challenge in drug discovery. There can be a tradeoff between optimizing a drug’s key-in-a-lock fit with its target and the drug’s ability to make its way across the cellular membrane and get to that target in the first place. Now, a new study published […]

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December 8, 2022

A waste windfall: New process shows promise turning plastic trash into pharmaceuticals

Catalina Island, located 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, once collected Hollywood royalty, smugglers and silver miners. Now, it collects trash. Its windward-facing harbor is a collection point of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an enormous spread of microplastics with accumulated larger debris that stretches more 1.6 million square kilometers. It is stark evidence of the impact of […]

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