Liveo Research joins the Sustainable Medicines Partnership
YewMaker, the executive lead of the Sustainable Medicines Partnership (SMP), is announcing that Liveo Research has joined as a founding Collaborator.
The SMP is a not-for-profit private-public collaboration executing projects to make the use of medicines more sustainable and less wasteful.
Liveo Research is a manufacturer of pharmaceutical blister packaging.
In its collaboration with the SMP, Liveo Research will support research and pilots in advanced recycling of pharmaceutical blister packaging and work to maximize shelf life of medicines.
“Liveo is very excited with the opportunities being a part of the SMP will provide in reducing medicines packaging waste, and in supporting the healthcare sector in maximizing product shelf life.”
“Liveo Research is a major provider of blister packaging for medicines. Their deep experience of the materials, functional requirements, and logistics of blister packaging are invaluable in our work to increase the shelf life of medicines and to build circular solutions to reduce medicine packaging waste. With an estimated 1 trillion blisters made each year, it is vital we develop systems to recycle this complex packaging.”
Posted 05/04/22
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Contacts:
YewMaker: comms@yewmaker.com
Liveo Research: www.liveoresearch.com
About the Sustainable Medicines Partnership
The SMP is a not-for-profit, private-public, multi-stakeholder collaboration. Through executing priority actions, the Sustainable Medicines Partnership aims to stop the avoidable waste of medicines and medicines packaging - reducing healthcare emissions and increasing health equity globally. Learn more at www.yewmaker.com/smp
About YewMaker
YewMaker builds science-based, scalable concepts and solutions that make healthcare more sustainable. YewMaker is the initiator and executive lead of the Sustainable Medicines Partnership. Learn more at www.yewmaker.com
About Liveo Research
Liveo Research is a leading global manufacturer of films and foils for the pharmaceutical and consumer products industries. The company is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland with subsidiaries in Bötzingen und Staufen (Germany), Delaware (US), Singapore and China. The company was founded in 1962 as Myraplast Staufen GmbH. Liveo Research in Bötzingen provides their customers a broad blister film portfolio with value-added services based on a Quality by Design approach. The Staufen subsidiary produces PET-G films for sleeves and rigid PVC films for high end printing and the office supply market. Approx. 1000 employees are catering to Liveo’s customer needs. Learn more at www.liveoresearch.com
