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Health, safety and environment

Read how NNE’s HSE experts can help you minimize impacts on health , safety and the environment throughout the lifecycle of your products and projects.

Working with health, safety and the environment

HSE coordinator Tanja Steckel Poulsen dives into the diverse and fast-paced work of health , safety and environment . What are the main roles of a health , safety and environment coordinator? Yes, we also follow many regulations, but HSE is also about making the facility workers’ lives safer so they can produce life-saving drugs while we ensure that the facility has health , safety and environmental compliance. They want to understand the "'wh...

TechTalk

Are single-use systems for pharma production a sustainable choice? | TechTalk

How can something that is used once and then thrown away be good for the environment ? Stainless steel equipment vs. single-use systems: Working out the environmental impact To understand the environmental impact of equipment, it is important to look at all factors in its lifecycle. In addition, chemicals used to clean equipment are eventually released into the environment , which can have a negative impact on ecosystems. This was found to be...

Projects

Improving environmental performance with a district cooling system at pharma facility site

The aim was to identify and describe the idea, clarify the feasibility and evaluate the concept against environmental and financial profitability. Customer challenge The customer wishes to improve overall performance, improve environmental performance and lower re-investments of cooling units at their facility site. Focus areas of the project include: Low energy consumption Phase out HFC gasses Improve ability to continuously secure lowest...

Anne Abildgaard

Meet Anne Abildgaard, NNE's industry expert in environment , health & safety and sustainability.

Projects

Fast-track optimization of API facility | NNE

With the overall goal of ensuring compliance and security of supply, the objective was to bring the production area to a fully modernized level in terms of safety and working environment . In connection with the upgrade of the production processes, work was focused on powder handling, aseptic handling of inoculation tanks and health , safety and environment (HSE). Also, transport routes to and from the production were optimized and a better...

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Streamlined and safeguarded fill and finish ADC production

With NNE’s support to ensure safety and financial security, Roche began the design of its high potent fill and finish facility in 2014. Beyond general containment improvements such as disposable single use systems, bags and fluid paths, NNE helped optimize primary and secondary levels of containment after a thorough health , safety and environment risk analysis. Therefore, process safety and redundancy where applicable were considered within t...

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Biotech plant future-proofs antibody drug supply

To overcome it, NNE carried out an initial assessment of the project’s main sustainability impacts on environment , health and safety and climate.

Projects

Close partnership ensures smooth project execution and joint success | NNE

In addition, NNE assisted in supervision, construction site safety , validation of autoclave and washing as well as laboratory control. ”Our own project manager group in Novozymes mostly has experience and competencies within construction of production related processes, so in a project of this type, this size and complexity we needed an external project director, says Flemming Funch, Vice President, Supply Engineering at Novozymes. ”However,”...

Projects

Modular and flexible design for biotech facility | NNE

Out of 28 outstanding pharmaceutical facilities from five continents, Novo Nordisk’s NovoSeven® facility was chosen as the winner based on the following features: Designed to support the fast-track modular approach Meets an undefined demand for a life-saving drug by including an expandable production area in the modular design Characterized by simplicity and transparency to ensure a safe working environment The plant is now helping Novo Nordis...