The urgent need for designing greener drugs

Tomas Brodin; Michael G. Bertram; Kathryn E. Arnold; Alistair B.A. Boxall; Bryan W. Brooks; Daniel Cerveny; Manuela Jörg; Karen A. Kidd; Unax Lertxundi; Jake M. Martin; Lauren T. May; Erin S. McCallum; Marcus Michelangeli; Charles R. Tyler; Bob B.M. Wong; Klaus Kümmerer; Gorka Orive

doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01374-y

The urgent need for designing greener drugs

Tomas Brodin^*
, Michael G. Bertram^*
, Kathryn E. Arnold
, Alistair B.A. Boxall
, Bryan W. Brooks
, Daniel Cerveny
, Manuela Jörg
, Karen A. Kidd
, Unax Lertxundi
, Jake M. Martin
, Lauren T. May
, Erin S. McCallum
, Marcus Michelangeli
, Charles R. Tyler
, Bob B.M. Wong
, Klaus Kümmerer
, Gorka Orive^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The pervasive contamination of ecosystems with active pharmaceutical ingredients poses a serious threat to biodiversity, ecosystem services and public health. Urgent action is needed to design greener drugs that maintain efficacy but also minimize environmental impact.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Sustainability
Volume	7
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	949-951
Number of pages	3
ISSN	2398-9629
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01374-y
Publication status	Published - 08.2024

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UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Research areas and keywords

Chemistry
Drug regulation
environmental impact

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Ecology
Food Science
Urban Studies
Global and Planetary Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Brodin, T., Bertram, M. G., Arnold, K. E., Boxall, A. B. A., Brooks, B. W., Cerveny, D., Jörg, M., Kidd, K. A., Lertxundi, U., Martin, J. M., May, L. T., McCallum, E. S., Michelangeli, M., Tyler, C. R., Wong, B. B. M., Kümmerer, K., & Orive, G. (2024). The urgent need for designing greener drugs. Nature Sustainability, 7(8), 949-951. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01374-y

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