Over the past year, UK think-tank IPPR has been arguing that mainstream political and policy debates fail to recognise that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage, potentially eroding the conditions upon which socioeconomic stability is possible.
By 2050, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is predicted to cause 10m deaths/year, more than obesity and all cancers combined. It is expected to cost the global economy more than $100 trillion/year in lost GDP.
The healthcare industry is rapidly adopting 3D printing solutions due to benefits such as unmatched flexibility of design and low-cost production of prosthetics, implants, medical devices, and anatomical models. With technology progression and regulatory issues becoming clearer, this market will witness quantum change in terms of healthcare service possibilities.
The recent withdrawal of valsartan-containing antihypertensives was caused by low-level genotoxic impurities in the bulk API used to make them. The source was traced back to a Chinese manufacturer, and the contamination identified as the carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Further investigations showed that other manufacturers had also supplied contaminated API, and additionally, a related impurity, N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), was also found in other valsartan products.
Industry 4.0. The industrial internet of things. Digitalisation. Smart manufacturing. The fourth industrial revolution. There are dozens of different names for the uptake in connected technologies and the convergence of IT and OT systems taking place in industry at the moment. One thing most people do agree on, however, is that it’s tech-driven. But should this really be the case?
When most people imagine a farmer they picture an individual at the wheel of a tractor or out tending cattle. What they may not be aware of is the great technological changes that have happened over the last five years. Tractors can steer themselves, decisions about crop treatments are based on drone imagery of the fields and machine vision is being used to direct robotic harvesters.
Analytical laboratories can see big benefits from innovative performance packaging solutions. This includes reducing solvent storage, handling and disposal costs by up to 98%. Users can also accelerate research, often saving a week of lab time per year
Vitamin A deficiency is a huge problem in the developing world, killing or blinding over a million children a year. Golden Rice – which has been genetically modified to provide more pro-vitamin A than other rice varieties – was created by scientists to tackle this very issue nearly 20 years ago.
Brexit has been one of the most changeable and divisive of political issues in recent decades. Throughout the UK, and indeed the EU, you could almost hear the collective sigh as yet another Brexit deadline passed. Businesses are still trying to prepare for the future without knowing how exactly to proceed. This is affecting the science and chemical sectors in ways you might expect, and also some you might not.
Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies form a vital filtration system for our healthcare system. Pharmacists play a key role in promoting AMS to ensure the treatment of infection is sustainable.