The Geneva-based inaugural Connect in Pharma event will host an awards ceremony to showcase innovations in sustainable pharmaceutical packaging
17 June 2022 / Sciad Newswire / YewMaker and Connect in Pharma announce today that the winners of the
new Sustainable Medicines Packaging Awards will be announced at an
in-person champagne ceremony at the Connect In Pharma event in Geneva on
14 September 2022.
The new awards, run by
sustainable healthcare pioneers YewMaker, will showcase and celebrate
sustainable innovations revolutionising pharmaceutical packaging, with
Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners under two categories. The two
categories in the 2022 Awards will focus on design and processes that
bring an overall reduction of impact on the environment.
Design Award – This award will showcase innovations in sustainable packaging design.
Such a design innovation may involve materials, constituents, size, or
shape of medicine or medical device packaging to reduce waste and
increase sustainability.
Circularity Award – This award will showcase innovations in packaging services,
processes, partnerships or products that reduce single-use packaging and
bring circularity into the pharma packaging supply chain.
Shazia
Mahamdallie, Chief Scientific Officer at YewMaker, explains why the
time is right to launch these awards: “We have to start now if we are to
achieve national and global climate change goals. We’re launching these
awards to showcase the innovation that’s here today, and to inspire and
motivate innovators to find tomorrow’s sustainable packaging
solutions.”
YewMaker founder and CEO
Nazneen Rahman says Connect in Pharma was a natural fit to help launch
the Sustainable Medicines Packaging Awards: “Collaboration and
innovation are essential to delivering the changes needed to make
sustainability core to how pharmaceutical packaging is designed and
used. By announcing the winners of these new awards at the Connect in
Pharma conference this September, we can bring a sharper focus on
sustainability innovations in the pharmaceutical industry.”
Renan
Joel, Divisional Director at Connect in Pharma, adds: “We are very
excited to be partnering with YewMaker to host these important awards at
Connect in Pharma in Geneva. Connect in Pharma is designed to focus on
innovation and technology in the pharma and biotech community, and
sustainable medicine packaging design is an important area of innovation
in the sector. We are delighted to be coupling innovation with
sustainability while putting the future of the planet in the spotlight.”
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