LCA Tool for Sustainability Evaluations in the Pharmaceutical Industry

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2012

Autores

Teresa M. Mata (Autor) FEUP; António A. Martins (Autor) FEUP; Belmira Neto (Autor) FEUP; Maria L. Martins (Autor) FEUP; Romualdo L. R. Salcedo (Autor) FEUP; Carlos A. V. Costa (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Chemical Engineering Transactions

Vol. 26

Páginas: 261-266

ISSN: 1974-9791

Editora: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

Indexação

ISI Web of Science

Scopus

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Outras ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas

Projetos Associados

Ecopharmabuilding - Eco-Innovation of Pharmaceutical Buildings Supporting in Sustainable LCA Tools

Outras Informações

DOI: 10.3303/CET1226044

Abstract (EN): This article describes an Excel based tool specifically designed to perform the life cycle assessment (LCA) and the sustainability evaluation of pharmaceutical products and /or processes. In the current state of development the tool deals with the case study of the production of a lyophilized product for intravenous injection, with an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) produced by fermentation using genetically modified organisms. A gate-to-gate (GTG) analysis is done, considering the API production, the final product formulation, its storage and distribution, and the auxiliary operations involved. These steps are included in the aforementioned tool, and a set of sustainability indicators is proposed to make a quantitative sustainability assessment of this pharmaceutical product and process, based on the relevant impacts identified on its life cycle. Despite the limitations, the LCA and the sustainability assessment tool presented here can be easily modified to other types of pharmaceutical processes, given that good descriptions of them are available.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 6