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13 Jan 2023

Sustainable API's of Aspen API: From Manufacturing to End Users

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All manufacturers are obliged to control and reduce their ecological footprint. With regards to drug manufacturing, the main part of this footprint is responsibility of the API supply chain. As an API manufacturer, Aspen API is taking sustainability very seriously. In this presentation Aspen API gives insight to their sustainability program, their goals and their targets. At Aspen API we truly believe that sustainability should be managed throughout the complete supply chain from suppliers of raw materials and chemicals up to the final API. However, we think our responsibility does not stop at the final API. Many hormones, such as Estradiol, end up in the environment by secretion via the end users. Therefore, Aspen API is participating in a broad consortium led by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research in the so called MEDALE project.

In this MEDALE project, Wageningen Food and Biobased Research is going to look at the potential of natural micro-organisms to biodegrade specific compounds of high concern. Many indications have been found in literature that micro-organisms are able to degrade specific compounds. However, these activities have not yet been tested in the environment in which these compounds are present. We will test and naturally select the best performing micro-organisms for use in the bioremediation or biodegradation.

This session is co-presentation between Aspen API and Wageningen Food & Biobased Research.

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