An environmental life-cycle assessment comparing single-use and conventional process technology: The authors compare the environmental impact of monoclonal antibody production using fixedin-place processing and single-use systems

BioPharm International

Volumn 24, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 30-38

  Pietrzykowski, Matthew ^a   Flanagan, William ^a   Pizzi, Vincent ^b   Brown, Andrew ^c   Sinclair, Andrew ^c   Monge, Miriam ^c  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c BioPharm Services UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 83455214049     PISSN: 1542166X     EISSN: 19391862     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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