Scrip Asks…What Does 2023 Hold For Biopharma? Part 9: The Natural Environment

Efficiency And Collaboration Needed To Cut Sector Emissions

Improving human health is the raison d’etre of the biopharma sector. But what can the industry do to safeguard and improve the health of Planet Earth? Executives shared their thoughts with Scrip.

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“Pharma, like all industries, has a responsibility to protect and enhance the environment. Our sector’s commitment takes on added significance given our role in improving people’s health.”

These words of Albert Grifols Coma-Cros, chief scientific innovation officer at Spanish firm Grifols, S.A., underline the particular responsibility...

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