/channels/taxonomy/term/10623/all en /channels/channels/news/daily-beast-next-pill-you-pop-will-be-eco-friendly-288153 <p>Until the early 1990s, it took six separate, chemical reactions to make the painkiller and anti-inflammatory ibuprofen. Of the ingredients that went in, only about 40 percent were found in the final product. But in 1992, the chemical producer BHC Company started using a new way to produce the drug using only three steps, utilizing about 80 percent of the initial ingredients. Today, the innovation in ibuprofen is considered a classic example of green chemistry—a set of ideas that, for the past few decades, has driven attention to sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry.</p> Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:46:06 +0000 webfull 139087 at /channels /channels/news/breakthrough-organic-reactions-water-237276 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:24:56 +0000 webfull 103533 at /channels