If you discovered your country was losing up to £78bn a year, you would want to do something about it, right? Well, that is how much the UK loses to workplace sickness and ill-health each year.
If you discovered your country was losing up to £78bn a year, you would want to do something about it, right? Well, that is how much the UK loses to workplace sickness and ill-health each year.
Getting the right medicine, to the right patient, at the right time, has long been the central mantra of those involved in the generic and biosimilar industries. The UK has been regarded with envy by other countries due to the success of its competitive off-patent medicines market, which has consistently delivered huge savings to the NHS while also guaranteeing security of supply. Four out of every five prescription medicines are met by generics or biosimilars and they are fundamental to the safe running of the NHS as well as the health and well-being of its patients.
Developing a comprehensive strategy for protecting your innovation is essential to protecting your company’s assets. Many innovations protected by applying for a patent could also be protected as trade secrets. A granted patent provides rights to exclude others from using the patented invention for a period of up to 20 years from filing. By contrast, there is no fixed term of protection for trade secrets. A trade secret may retain the exclusive innovation of a company for as long as it remains secret.
The past 18-24 months have seen seismic challenges to global supply chains. From a scarcity of ocean freight, a proliferation of force majeures and a blocked Suez Canal – we have often seen the ‘unprecedented’ in recent times. As a result, procurement strategies have become a growing focus for many businesses, and it is vital robust, effective, and efficient supply chains can be relied upon.
The European chemical industry showed remarkable resilience amid the economic turbulence and supply chain disruptions of the post-pandemic period, cushioning the impacts of global crises such as the Ukraine war and energy security issues. Yet, inevitably, growth has been impacted.
On 28 November 2023, a plane flew from London to New York. For the first time in history, this transatlantic flight was 100% powered by sustainable alternative fuels. This rounded off a promising year for sustainable fuels in aviation. Earlier in 2023, the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation was adopted by the European Union, mandating a 70% sustainable aviation fuel blending obligation by 2050.
In the ever-changing landscape of human resources, 2024 presents a new array of challenges and opportunities. From the spread of new technologies to bold new attitudes towards upskilling and work-life balance, the key aspect of 2024 trends will be how they affect the ‘human element’ of the company. This attitude will be shaped by three pivotal trends.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is anything but new, but the past year has seen the discipline gain significant traction, spearheaded by the launch of Open AI’s generative AI platform, ChatGPT, in November 2022.
The waste plastics value chain is complex and dynamic. The negative image of plastics is becoming increasingly global, driving the need for new legislation to increase recycling and the development of higher value applications for recyclate. Read the comment by Elizabeth Carroll, Recycling & Sustainability Consultant, AMI Consulting.