Examining the Life Cycle: Quiz – ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable

Apart from the API itself, what will comprise a final, commercialised pharmaceutical product once it reaches the consumer?*

Catalysts

Packaging

Data on efficacy

Excipients

Transport fuel

Medicines information leaflet

Which of the following directly contribute to the carbon footprint of the manufacture of a single pharmaceutical product?*

Construction of manufacturing labs and operational infrastructure

Packaging the product

Synthesis of the API

Transportation of the product to market

Use of equipment during drug discovery

Use of equipment for manufacturing and quality control testing purposes

Which of the following contribute to the overall carbon footprint of a healthcare building (e.g. hospital, surgery, pharmacist)?*

Construction

Electricity, water and gas

Catering

Purchasing of pharmaceuticals

Purchasing equipment

Waste disposal