Drug Design Should Involve Consideration of Environmental Risk and Hazard

Title: Drug Design Should Involve Consideration of Environmental Risk and Hazard

Volume: 5 Issue: 4

Author(s): B. Gunnarsson and A. Wennmalm

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Keywords: Environment, Human drugs, Risk assessment, Hazard assessment, Sewage water, Drug legislation

Abstract: Human drugs may cause negative environmental effects. In Sweden systems for classification of drug environmental risk and hazard have been used for five years. Environmental data on human drugs are often missing, or reveal unfavourable environmental properties. The pharmaceutical producers should highlight environmental precaution when designing new drugs.

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Gunnarsson B. and Wennmalm A., Drug Design Should Involve Consideration of Environmental Risk and Hazard, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 2008; 5 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157018008784619942