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 Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), University Hospital Freiburg,
Department of Environmental Health Sciences and the Institute for
Social-Ecological Research (ISOE) organise the 1st international conference on
Sustainable Pharmacy on April 24 and 25, 2008, in Osnabrück, Germany.
Pharmaceuticals are indispensable for a high quality of life. Their use
however also has a downside. In recent years a huge amount of data has been
collected demonstrating the widespread occurrence of a variety of active drug
ingredients in the aquatic environment and sporadically even in drinking water.
Being only insufficiently eliminated in conventional sewage treatment, there is
growing evidence that the substances and their metabolites have adverse impacts
on aquatic organisms on both the individual and the population level. Given the
demonstrated environmental relevance of pharmaceuticals sustainable solution
strategies increasingly gain importance.
Green Chemistry has convincingly shown that it is mandatory to examine the
environmental relevance of all phases of a chemical’s life cycle. Sustainable
Pharmacy is a new vision that aims to take up the lessons learnt from Green
Chemistry. In a broader strategic perspective Sustainable Pharmacy would not
only foster the resource efficient development of pharmaceuticals which are
optimised for both therapeutic efficacy and degradability in the environment.
It would also provide support for the sustainable use of the products and give
impetus for the implementation of innovative sanitation concepts in order to
reduce emissions already at the source.
The conference "Sustainable Pharmacy: Strategies and Perspectives for
Development, Use and Emission Management of Pharmaceuticals" will for the first
time convene the international state of research and discussion in Sustainable
Pharmacy. Renowed experts from science and practice will share their knowledge
in order to come from a problem perspective to a solution perspective. Speakers
at the conference will be among others:
- John Sumpter (Brunel University, UK),
- David Taylor (Head of Global Environmental Strategy, AstraZeneca, UK),
- Michaela Schmitz (German Association of Energy and Water Industries,
Germany),
- James Clark (Green Chemistry Network, UK),
- Peter Dunn (Head of Green Pharmacy, Pfizer Global R&D, UK),
- Klaus Kümmerer (University Hospital Freiburg),
- Åke Wennmalm (Stockholm County Council, Sweden)
- Giampaolo Velo (University of Verona, Italy),
- Susanne Schmitz (Federal Environment Agency, Germany),
- Tove Larsen (EAWAG, Schwitzerland)
The conference equally addresses to scientists from all relevant disciplines
and practitioners from the fields of pharmaceutical industry, health care,
water management and public authorities.
Programme and Registration:
http://www.start-project.de/downloads/Int-Conf_Sus_Pharmacy-red.pdf
http://www.start-project.de/conference2008
http://www.dbu.de/media/041207024752f128.doc
Email: c.tusche@dbu.de , Fax: 0541-9633-990 Conference fees: € 130,-
Press Contacts:
Michaela Kawall
Knowledge Communications & Public Relations
Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE)
Phone +49 69 707 69 19-30
Email: kawall@isoe.de
http://www.isoe.de
Franz-Georg Elpers
Press Spokesman of Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Phone
+49 541 9633-520
Email: presse@dbu.de
http://www.dbu.de
Press Release as pdf,
Press Release as pdf German,
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