| A series of steps are carried out in pharmaceutical | | | | nature of lethal drug byproducts. Numerous tests are |
| plants for the production of medicines. First of all, raw | | | | carried out by this program that includes the |
| materials are identified that can be used for the | | | | photolysis process and aqueous toxicity of drugs. |
| production and finally they are converted into desired | | | | The major components of the wastes produced |
| medicines. In each and every step of production, | | | | during development process include volatile organic |
| some wastes are generated in the form of solid, | | | | compounds and particulate matter. Also the cleaning |
| liquid or gaseous emissions. These wastes can be | | | | process of the equipments and machines used in |
| very fatal for the workers engaged in drugs | | | | Pharmaceutical plants gives rise to several noxious |
| production as well as it can cause heavy pollution that | | | | and hazardous drugs. Different production process |
| can badly affect mankind. Hence proper waste | | | | and different types of materials used in drugs |
| management is mandatory for all pharmaceutical | | | | synthesis gives different liquid effluents that can be |
| manufacturing plants. | | | | very dangerous. The leftovers of the containers are |
| Several Good Management Practices (GMP) and | | | | solid wastes that contain harmful solvents and can be |
| Environmental Assessment (EA) programs are | | | | very lethal. Several reports are being made by drug |
| present that should be properly followed by | | | | development industries for total knowledge of |
| Pharmaceutical plants. These programs are very | | | | wastes and their treatment process. |
| effective in minimizing the wastes produced in | | | | One of the major challenges for all pharmaceutical |
| different development steps. Pharmaceutical | | | | manufacturing industries is the waste management. |
| engineers are concentrating more on these programs | | | | Pharmaceutical engineers and biotechnological |
| to properly manage the wastes to avoid any sort of | | | | technocrats are consistently in search of alternatives |
| problems to the workers. | | | | for the chemical ingredients used in drugs synthesis. |
| The EA program mainly deals with the parent drug. It | | | | They are trying to replace the harmful chemical |
| does not deal with its derivatives. This program | | | | ingredients with harmless and eco-friendly ingredients |
| involves the physical, chemical and biodegradable | | | | to avoid such situations. |