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Green Chemistry in Pharma: E-Factor Insights by To Binh is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses the high environmental impact (E-factor) of pharmaceutical manufacturing and presents a case study on applying green chemistry principles to reduce it. Specifically: 1) Pharmaceutical manufacturing has an extremely high E-factor (25-100+) due to complex multi-step synthesis processes, generating large amounts of waste. 2) This poses serious threats to water resources and public health. A case study shows converting a process for an anti-retroviral drug using green chemistry reduce

Author
To Binh
Language
EN