Towards a greener pharmaceuticals' regulatory highway: a framework for regulators as enablers of decarbonization

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dc.creatorWorld Health Organization
dc.date2026-07-24T09:12:14Z
dc.date2026-07-24T09:12:14Z
dc.date2026-07-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T06:23:54Z
dc.descriptionix, 28 p.
dc.descriptionThis framework provides a roadmap for how pharmaceutical regulatory systems can support innovation that reduces the climate impact of medicines for human use while maintaining standards of safety, quality and efficacy and ensuring timely, affordable and equitable access for patients. Developed as a follow-up to the WHO Call for Action on a greener pharmaceuticals' regulatory highway (2024), it examines the contribution of pharmaceutical products to greenhouse gas emissions across their life cycle and explores how existing regulatory functions can facilitate decarbonization without expanding regulatory mandates or compromising public health objectives, access, affordability or supply security. Organized around three pillars—awareness and capacity-building; guidance, tools and standards; and innovation through regulatory pathways—the framework identifies opportunities to strengthen regulatory capabilities, promote internationally aligned methodologies and reporting approaches, expand digital transformation, scientific advice, reliance mechanisms and collaborative initiatives, and support sustainability-driven innovation. It concludes that coordinated action by regulators, WHO and other stakeholders is essential to advance lower-carbon pharmaceutical systems while building on existing regulatory frameworks and partnerships.
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dc.identifier9789240124370 (electronic version)
dc.identifier9789240124387 (print version)
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/386772
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/207581
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Health Organization
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectCarbon Footprint
dc.subjectDrug Industry
dc.subjectDrug Approval
dc.subjectLegislation, Drug
dc.subjectGovernment Regulation
dc.subjectPharmaceutical Preparations
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectGreenhouse Gases
dc.subjectTechnology Assessment, Biomedical
dc.subjectGuideline
dc.subjectlegislation and jurisprudence
dc.subjectstandards
dc.subjectmethods
dc.titleTowards a greener pharmaceuticals' regulatory highway: a framework for regulators as enablers of decarbonization
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