Proceedings of FOCAPD 2024ISSN: 2818-4734
Volume: 3 (2024)
LAPSE:2024.1511
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LAPSE:2024.1511
Towards 3-fold sustainability in biopharmaceutical process development and product distribution
Miriam Sarkis, Steven Sachio, Nilay Shah, Cleo Kontoravdi, Maria M. Papathanasiou
August 15, 2024. Originally submitted on July 9, 2024
The (bio-)pharmaceutical industry is facing crossroads in an effort to ramp up its global capacity, while working to meet net-zero targets and to ensure continuous drug supply. Beyond geopolitical challenges faced worldwide, (bio-)pharmaceutical processes have been historically very complex to design, optimise and integrate in a global distribution network that is resilient and adaptable to changes. In this paper we offer a perspective of how Process Systems Engineering (PSE) tools can support and advance (bio-)pharma practices with an outlook towards 3-fold sustainability. The latter is considering three main pillars, namely social (drug supply), economical and environmental sustainability. We discuss PSE contributions that have revolutionised process design in this space, as well as the optimisation of distributions networks in pharmaceuticals. We do this by means of example cases: one on model-based unit operation design and a second one on sustainable supply chain networks in the space of advanced therapeutics. As such, this contribution offers a perspective on how PSE methodologies can offer a systematic way to integrate social, environmental, and economical sustainability throughout process design and product distribution.
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Sarkis M, Sachio S, Shah N, Kontoravdi C, Papathanasiou MM. Towards 3-fold sustainability in biopharmaceutical process development and product distribution. Systems and Control Transactions 3:75-83 (2024) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.141233
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Sarkis M: Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
Sachio S: Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
Shah N: Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
Kontoravdi C: Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
Papathanasiou MM: Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
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Systems and Control Transactions
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3
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75
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83
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2024
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2024-07-10
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