Driving Sustainability in Pharma and Allied Industries
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Date: October 16, 2025
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Time: 8:45 a.m.–6 p.m.
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Location: Cambridge, MA
Join the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable and leading industry and academic scientists for a day of scientific discussion and networking at the Takeda site in Cambridge, MA. Discover practical green chemistry tools and metrics used by industry and learn from current research and case studies covering topics such as biocatalysis, peptide synthesis, and discovery chemistry (small molecules and other modalities, chemical technologies). Sign up to present your research in our poster session and help the Roundtable celebrate its 20th anniversary. Lunch, afternoon tea/coffee, and reception included. Participation from students, academia, and industry is welcome.
Present Your Research
At the close of the workshop, we will hold a poster session and reception to turn the spotlight on you! Just indicate you would like to submit an abstract for consideration during registration, and we will follow up with submission instructions. Poster presenters do not have to have experience with green chemistry to present. In fact, one advantage of presenting your research at this venue is to engage in discussions about how to measure and improve the sustainability of your work. Space is limited, so register today. The deadline for submission is October 3, 2025.
Agenda
Check in and Networking Tea and Coffee
Please bring photo ID
Welcome and Safety Presentation
Paul Richardson, Pfizer
The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable: 20 Years of Driving Green Chemistry—And What’s Next
Michael Kopach, Lilly and Isamir Martinez, ACS GCI
Life Cycle Assessment to Support the Design of More Sustainable Pharmaceutical
Sarah Mandlebaum, Takeda
Process Chemistry: A Cornerstone in Sanofi’s Eco-Design Journey
Jason Tedrow, Sanofi
Networking Break
Keynote: An Emerging Role for Main-Group Redox Catalysts in Sustainable Synthesis
Alexander Radosevich, MIT
Lunch Provided
Designing Sustainable Processes Utilizing the ACS GCIPR Toolbox and Metrics
Naoko Ichiishi, Sanofi and Scott Plummer, Novartis
Discovery Chemistry Case Study: Walk-Up Automated Reaction Profiling (WARP) System: A Tool for Reaction Monitoring Designed for Discovery Chemists
Paul Richardson, Pfizer
New Modalities: Sustainability in Peptides and Oligonucleotides
Landon Durak, Biohaven
Green Chemistry Interactive Session
Networking Tea & Coffee Break
Development of a Short and Eco-Friendlier Asymmetric Manufacturing Process for Spiroketone CD 7659
Yongda Zhang, Boehringer Ingelheim
A Sustainably-Designed Manufacturing Process to Adavelt™ Active from Renewable Feedstocks
Nicholas Babij, Corteva
Poster Session & Reception
Speakers
Nicholas Babij
Process Chemist
Corteva Agriscience
Dan Bailey
Associate Scientific Fellow
Takeda
Landon Durak
Director
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals
Naoko Ichiishi
Principal Research Scientist, Process Chemistry
Sanofi
Michael Kopach
Associate Vice President
Lilly
Isamir Martinez
Assistant Director of Industry Programs
ACS Green Chemistry Institute
Scott Plummer
Senior Principal Scientist
Novartis
Alexander Radosevich
Principal Investigator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Richardson
Director, Medicinal Chemistry & Analytical Technologies
Pfizer
Sederra Ross
Program Manager
ACS GCI
Jason Tedrow
Global Head of Process Chemistry
Sanofi
Yongda Zhang
Distinguished Research Fellow
Boehringer Ingelheim
Location
Hosted at Takeda
35 Landsdowne Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Questions?
Email gcipr@acs.org with your questions.