Environmentally sustainable prescribing: recommendations for EU pharmaceutical legislation
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The pharmaceutical supply and use chain has a pivotal role in health care, providing medicines that substantially contribute to people's health and quality of life. However, the development, production, transport, consumption, and disposal of medicines also pose considerable environmental challenges, affecting planetary health and, in turn, the wellbeing of all organisms, including humans.1,2 The lifecycle of medicines entails the use of large amounts of materials, water, and land, the generation of waste (eg, packaging), the production of greenhouse gases, and the release of pharmaceutical residues into the environment, posing a grave risk to ecosystems.
Source: The Lancet Planetary Health
Authors: Joost D Piët, Amy Booth, Erik M Donker, Fabrizio de Ponti, Carlotta Lunghi, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Ben J A Janssen, SanYuMay Tun, Charlotte Bekker, Lorena Dima, João Costa, Mathilde Jalving, Thijs H Oude Munnink, Patricia M L A van den Bemt, Marc Labriffe, Tomás van Emden, Vera van Waardenburg, Robert Likic, Milan Richir, Michiel A van Agtmael, Caroline T A Moermond, Jelle Tichelaar
Institutions: Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Oxford, University of Bologna, Maastricht University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Radboud University Nijmegen, Radboud University Medical Center, Transylvania University of Brașov, University of Lisbon, University Medical Center Groningen, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges, Pharmacologie & Transplantation, Université de Limoges, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, University of Zagreb, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $5,780
Funders: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Oxford, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Radboud Universiteit, Universiteit Maastricht, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Universidade de Lisboa, Università di Bologna, Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Erasmus+, Université de Limoges
OpenAlex ID: W4402563234