Top pharma companies set sustainability goals, but emissions are still increasing

The health care industry contributes an estimated 4.4% of total global emissions annually. Approximately 71% of this comes from the health care supply chain, which includes the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.  Medicines contribute approximately 20% to 55% of health care’s total carbon footprint. This comes from corporate emissions, API production and manufacturing.  Pharmaceutical manufacturing is… The post Top pharma companies set sustainability goals, but emissions are still increasing appeared first on Drug Discovery and Development.

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