Balancing Competitiveness and Sustainability In EU Regulations, What’s Next For Pharma

Restrictions on commonly used chemicals, increased reporting requirements and enhanced environmental risk assessments are just some of the new EU sustainability and environmental rules pharmaceutical companies are potentially facing. While some measures are multi-sectoral, others are pharma specific. The Pink Sheet takes a look at some of the developments in 2024 and expectations for 2025 and beyond.

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Pharma companies must prepare for new regulations to make the industry more sustainable. (Shutterstock)
Key Takeaways
  • The pharmaceutical industry must prepare for a large volume of environmental requirements that will come into effect around the same time.
  • The pharmaceutical industry has also been singled out as one of the sectors that is key to growth and economic prosperity in the EU. Industry representatives argue that environmental requirements should not come at the expense of the sector’s competitiveness.
  • Some requirements conflict with each other, for example one cross-sector regulation aims to reduce packaging, but labeling requirements in the revision to the general pharmaceutical legislation will likely increase packaging.

Pharmaceutical companies are preparing for a wave of EU regulations designed to minimize industrial harm to the climate and the environment, many of which will restrict the chemicals and technologies...

At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry was in 2024 identified as being key to EU competitiveness and economic growth. Ensuring the two objectives of environmental sustainability and a competitive...

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