Collaboration - April 27, 2020
AstraZeneca collaborates with WWF on water stewardship
AstraZeneca has announced a new collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Sweden. The twelve-month partnership will focus on identifying opportunities to improve the company’s approach and strategy towards water stewardship and identify initial opportunities to engage in on-the-ground water projects in the river basins where AstraZeneca operates. Science-Based Targets for Water Together […]
Global report - January 22, 2020
Lundbeck, AstraZeneca & Novo Nordisk on ‘A List’ for climate change
A new global ranking puts Lundbeck, AstraZeneca and Novo Nordisk in the top 2% of more than 8,400 companies evaluated for their actions against climate change. The companies’ efforts to reduce CO2-emissions and energy consumption has been recognized by the independent interest group Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which sets the global standard for actions against […]
Global report - January 22, 2020
AstraZeneca launches Ambition Zero Carbon strategy
AstraZeneca has announced a programme for zero carbon emissions from its global operations by 2025 and to ensure its entire value chain is carbon negative by 2030. The strategy was launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 22nd 2020, and the aim is to accelerates the company’s existing science-based […]
Pharma article - January 6, 2020
PCI Biotech – On the cusp of a revolution in cancer treatments
While selecting a cancer treatment can be challenging, delivering it can be even more challenging. Not all molecules are readily absorbed by a cell and finding a way to plant treatments into the cell’s body can increase their effectiveness. That is where photochemical internalization (PCI) technology, an intracellular delivery method, comes in. Norwegian biopharmaceutical company […]
Drug development - May 31, 2019
Stem cells in drug development
The high cost and uncertain outcomes of developing new drugs has taken a toll on research over the past several years. Few companies can take the hit of investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in research and testing, only to see dangerous side effects emerge during the final stages, human clinical trials. The pursuit of […]
Pharma article - April 1, 2019
Nordic solutions for handling pharma waste
Nordic efforts to prevent pharmaceuticals affecting the environment include Danish management of hospital wastewater and a Swedish large-scale sewage plant for removal of pharmaceutical residues. Wastewater from hospitals can contain traces of viruses, multi-resistant bacteria, medical contrast agents, chemicals for cancer treatment, small amounts of hormone-disrupting substances, and other medicine residues. For this reason it […]
