Responsible Antibiotics Manufacturing Platform Will Address Environmental Release Of Pharmaceuticals

A new collaboration that will bring together civil society, governments and the pharmaceutical industry was launched in New Delhi 11 February.

The group, initiated by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has been formed to promote the Responsible Antibiotics Manufacturing Platform (RAMP). RAMP is intended to address the global health threat related to the increase in emissions in the manufacturing process of antibiotics. RAMP will also promote collaboration between pioneers in the field of sustainable public procurement and the pharmaceutical industry.