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🚀 Exciting news! PHARMECO Project officially launched! 🌿💊 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the groundbreaking PHARMECO project, supported by the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) Joint Undertaking and its members. This ambitious initiative aims to trigger a green revolution in the manufacturing of medicines by implementing greener technologies and processes, embedding sustainability principles at each stage of production, and standardizing sustainability assessment approaches across the sector. Key goals include: 🌍 Integrating Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) practices. 💡 Scaling green technologies for industrial applications. 🔍 Using digital tools to drive sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry. CESPE will lead this alliance of 31 esteemed international partners: AbbVie, AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics, AstraZeneca, Benkei, BIOTOOLOMICS LIMITED, Boehringer Ingelheim, CPI, CULTZYME , Ghent University, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, LifeClean International AB, Loughborough University, Medtronic, Merck Group, Microinnova Engineering GmbH, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Radboud University, RCPE - Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Sanofi, Servier, SFE Process, SwiftPharma, Technische Universität Berlin, UCB, University of Graz, VTU Group. Seven Ghent University research groups, will be actively involved across all PHARMECO workstreams: Sustainable Systems Engineering group (Prof. Jo Dewulf), Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases unit (Prof. Delphine De Smedt), the Biovism Lab (Prof. Jan Verwaeren), the Bionamix Lab (Prof. Paul Van Liedekerke), Synthesis, Bioresources, and Bio-organic Chemistry group (SynBioC) (Prof. Christian Stevens), Pharmaceutical Engineering Research Group (Prof. Ashish Kumar) and the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Process Analytical Technology (Prof. Thomas De Beer). This project marks a huge leap towards a more sustainable future for pharmaceuticals. Stay tuned for more updates as we work towards greener healthcare! #PHARMECO #SustainablePharma #GreenManufacturing #PharmaceuticalInnovation #InnovativeInnovativeInnovative Health Initiative (IHI) #greenchemistry #SSbD  Coordinator (CESPE): sarah.costers@ugent.be Industry project lead (Sanofi): christian.schoenau@sanofi.com Website: www.pharmeco.eu (will go live on 16/12/2024) Follow us on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eNYzxf8V This project is supported by the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU) and its members under grant agreement No 101165889.

🎉 Exciting milestone at Tech Lane Ghent Science Park! The highest point of The Nucleus, the future home of the CESPE Innovation Accelerator has been reached. To mark this achievement, we celebrated the completion of structural works in true Meiboomviering style—with a holiday twist—by planting a Christmas tree. 🌲 A huge thank you to our construction partners and everyone who joined us in celebrating this key moment: PMV, POM Oost-Vlaanderen, Sogent, Ghent University, Algemene Bouw Maes nv, evr-architecten, VK architects+engineers, part of Sweco, and VINCI Energies. #thenucleus #eilandzwijnaarde #Innovation #Technology #CESPE #TechLaneGhent #ConstructionMilestones

🚀 Exciting News! The CESPE Academy courses are now eligible for subsidies through the VLAIO - Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship KMO-Portefeuille, offering up to 30% discount! 🎓 Upcoming Courses: 📅 Design and Analysis of Experiments (DOE): 26/02 & 28/02 📅 Efficient Data Processing Using Python: 11/03 📅 Spectroscopic Modelling Using Python: 12/03 📅 Process Control and Optimization: 29/04 📖 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eeQKGXDB 📝 Register now: https://lnkd.in/e3VYWikA Don't miss this opportunity to upgrade your skills! 💡

🌟 Enhance Your Expertise with the CESPE Academy! 🌟   As part of our Lifelong Learning (LLL) platform, the CESPE Academy, we are thrilled to present two specialized courses in collaboration with our industrial member, Elegent:   1️⃣ Data Processing Using Python (11/03/2025) This course focuses on data cleaning, transformation, and visualization with Python tools like numpy, pandas, and matplotlib. Combining theory and hands-on practice, it’s perfect for scientists and academics looking to accelerate their workflows. More info: https://lnkd.in/eNEF592Y   2️⃣ Spectroscopic Modelling Using Python (12/03/2025) Learn both the theoretical and practical aspects of spectroscopic modeling for techniques like NIR and Raman spectroscopy. This course covers essential steps for creating reliable models, introducing key Python modules and demonstrating their use through a pharmaceutical manufacturing case study.   More info: https://lnkd.in/ekSG3y6n   #CESPEAcademy #LifelongLearning #PythonTraining #DataProcessing #Spectroscopy #ProfessionalDevelopment

Are you ready to shape the future of the pharmaceutical industry? 🌍 STEN invites you to join our training programme "Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment: From Theory to Practical Applications in Pharma", designed to empower professionals with a focus on the pharma industry. 👥 You should join if you are a - Professional or researcher in the pharmaceutical industry, environmental sciences, engineering, or related fields. - Want to enhance your expertise in sustainability assessment methodologies. 📅 Learn more and join us through https://lnkd.in/dAnn_9qd! #Sustainability #LifeCycleAssessment #Pharma #TrainingProgramme

🚀 Enroll now for the second session of our Design of Experiments (DOE) course on February 26th and 28th! Are you tired of taking a 'random walk' to find optimal experimental conditions? This course is for you! Join Frank Deruyck, who will share his extensive expertise in experimental design over a comprehensive two-day program.   📚 The course includes: 🔹 Module 1: Essential theory and basic training in linear multiple regression analysis, statistical process modeling, and using JMP software. 🔹 Module 2: Advanced examples with specific experimental conditions.   This course is perfect for professionals in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare sciences, and engineering fields. For more information, check out this link: https://lnkd.in/ec5T4hSC. Register: https://lnkd.in/eRRmqYPY

🚀 Excited to highlight our upcoming course on Process Control and Optimization on Tuesday, April 29, 2025!    Join us for a comprehensive 1-day course by expert Dana Copot covering:  🔍 Process identification fundamentals and understanding of process dynamics  🎛️ PID-based control for process optimization  🔄 Auto-tuning methods and frequency response design  🌟 Advanced control methodologies for plant-wide optimization   Whether you're new to the field or seeking to enhance your expertise, this interactive session provides real-world applications to directly improve your work. Designed for professionals across industries—engineers, managers, and those needing a refresher—this is your chance to gain valuable insights into sustainable pharmaceutical processes and elevate your skills. Don't miss out!   For more information, check: https://lnkd.in/ezUYsep5  Register now using this link: https://lnkd.in/eFZmfFih   #ProcessControl #Optimization #Pharmaceuticals #Engineering #Education🌱💡

Last chance to apply for the position of Communication Officer at CESPE! In this role, you’ll support cooperation between the innovation cluster MEDVIA and the two UGent platforms, CESPE and GATE Advanced Therapies and Tissue Engineering. You’ll manage communications for both CESPE and GATE, help build consortia for project calls, and organize a variety of webinars, events, and training sessions. 📅 Apply by 23/11! For more information and to apply, check out the job details here: https://lnkd.in/ejw3ewtz

🌍 We are thrilled to be part of the upcoming ISPE Belgium Affiliate vzw Technical Seminar: Shaping a Sustainable Future, on Wednesday, 27 November 2024! Our Project Manager, Sarah Costers, will be taking the stage to deliver a keynote on safe and sustainable-by-design practices in pharmaceutical manufacturing—an approach central to the upcoming PHARMECO project, a public-private partnership co-funded by industry and the EU’s Innovative Health Initiative (IHI). We can’t wait to hear inspiring insights from leading industry players like GSK, Takeda, Pfizer, Cefic, and Indaver! 🌟 Spots are still available! Don’t miss out—register by November 22nd and join us in shaping a sustainable future for pharma! 🌱 https://lnkd.in/gpRihBxk #Sustainability #ISPE #Pharmaceuticals #Innovation #SustainableFuture

🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us for “The Drivers of Tomorrow’s Landscape in Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing”! 🎉   On October 24, 2024, over 120 attendees from 40+ companies came together to explore key themes driving the (bio)pharmaceutical industry:   Digitalization: Exploring big data, modeling, AI, and beyond. Enabling Technologies Biomanufacturing: Including a roundtable discussion on strenghts and needs op Belgium’s ecosystem   It was a productive day of learning, networking, and discussing the future of (bio)pharma. Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the conversations—together, we’re moving the industry forward.   Relive the day in our aftermovie! Thanks to our booth holders BRS bv (Beun de Ronde - Serlabo) and Secoya Technologies and especially our sponsor for this event: PwC Belgium. https://lnkd.in/egfBePVR #Aftermovie #Ghent #Pharma #Innovation #Biopharma