Ramasamy, S; Titchener-Hooker, N; Lettieri, P; (2013) Challenges of developing decision-support LCA tools in the biopharmaceutical industry. In: Proceedings of the Fourteen International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium. CISA Publisher: Italy.

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The biopharmaceutical industry has been slow in carrying out LCA analyses. However, as the industry matures, the level of scrutiny placed on this industry by international governments will increase and hence, there is an urgent need for the industry to implement decision-support tools for the decision-making processes. Decision-support tools based on life cycle assessment (LCA) can be potentially used for application in the biopharmaceutical industry as an aid to decision making. This paper sets out the challenges associated with developing such decision-support LCA tools. This paper highlights that in order for the industry to overcome these challenges and successfully develop decision-support LCA tools, they require a broader understanding of the biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes and LCA methodology.

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