Summer School on Sustainable Pharmacy 2025 The Wider Perspective | Umweltbundesamt

1. Background and Objective

Sustainable Pharmacy is a framework for the integration of sustainable development of the pharmaceutical and health sciences. It focuses on the interconnectedness of the development, treatment, and perception of disease with its underlying causes, which are embedded in the social systems in which people live. Systems thinking helps to identify leverage points for action with the goal of increasing the possibility of health and well-being for present and future generations through effective prevention, medical and non-medical treatment of disease. Some of the major challenges for our societies today are pharmaceutical issues such as multi-resistant bacteria in antibiotic production, pharmaceutical residues in the environment that affect entire ecosystems, and vaccine campaigns etc. These challenges can and should be tackled from different angles and areas.

In this 4^th Summer School on Sustainable Pharmacy topics special attention will be given to areas not taught in during the regular study program. These are e.g. drug quality and the role of excipients. Environmental, regulatory and legal aspects will also be discussed as well as pharmacoepidemiology and global aspects of sustainable pharmacy, including production areas outside Europe and health systems of sub-Sahara Africa.

Our aim is to bring together young scientists from different disciplines who are already working on aspects of sustainability in the context of health and health sciences or who are interested in doing so in their future research or teaching activities. We want to provide a community platform for future (research) projects by promoting a common understanding of sustainable development and its potentials and threats in the context of pharmacy and health in general.

2. Target Group

The application is open to all young scientists (PhD students, PostDocs) from all disciplines (natural sciences, economics, social sciences, humanities, …), working or studying persons, who are interested in going into the topic of sustainable pharmacy.

3. Program

The Summer School will start on Monday 22. September at 9 am and will end on Thursday 25. September.

There will be the possibility to present your project on health/sustainability/pharmacy on a poster.

Tentative Program:

Monday 22. September: Environmental and Regulatory aspects
Tuesday 23. September: Pharmacoepidemiology and Excipients and Drug Quality
Wednesday 24. September: Pharmaceutical outside the Western Hemisphere
Thursday 25. September: Sustainability of manufacturing processes

The Summer School will take place in facilities of the Department of Pharmacy at Martin Luther University Halle.

4. Registration

For Registration please fill in this the registration page. The registration will be open until 15. June 2025. You will receive a letter of acceptance. With the registration you accept our terms and conditions as well as the Data-policy.
If you have further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us via SummerSchool [at] uba [dot] de

5. Terms and Conditions

We want to make participation possible for everyone who is interested. The registration is free. Participation includes accommodation and meals, including one sponsored dinner at the Moritzburg.

For participants located outside of Germany travel funds up to 300 Euro per person are available. Therefore, please contact us via SummerSchool [at] uba [dot] de

6. Location

Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Straße 4

06120 Halle (Saale)

https://www.pharmazie.uni-halle.de/?lang=de

Your Summer School Sustainable Pharmacy Team
Dr. Gerd Maack, Prof. Peter Imming