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Driving Sustainability in Pharma and Allied Industries

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  • Date: October 16, 2025
  • Time: 8:45 a.m.–6 p.m.
  • 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.

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ACSGCIPR Poster Session in Macclesfield, UK

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

8:45–9:30 AM

Check in and Networking Tea and Coffee

Please bring photo ID

9:30–9:35 AM

Welcome and Safety Presentation

Paul Richardson, Pfizer

9:35–10:05 AM

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable: 20 Years of Driving Green Chemistry—And What’s Next

Michael Kopach, Lilly and Isamir Martinez, ACS GCI

10:05–10:25 AM

Life Cycle Assessment to Support the Design of More Sustainable Pharmaceutical

Sarah Mandlebaum, Takeda

10:25–10:45 AM

Process Chemistry: A Cornerstone in Sanofi’s Eco-Design Journey

Jason Tedrow, Sanofi

10:45–11:00 AM

Networking Break

11:00 AM–11:50 PM

Keynote: An Emerging Role for Main-Group Redox Catalysts in Sustainable Synthesis

Alexander Radosevich, MIT

1:50 –1:15 PM

Lunch Provided

1:15 PM–1:45 PM

Designing Sustainable Processes Utilizing the ACS GCIPR Toolbox and Metrics

Naoko Ichiishi, Sanofi and Scott Plummer, Novartis

1:55 –2:20 PM

Discovery Chemistry Case Study: Walk-Up Automated Reaction Profiling (WARP) System: A Tool for Reaction Monitoring Designed for Discovery Chemists

Paul Richardson, Pfizer

2:20 –2:50 PM

New Modalities: Sustainability in Peptides and Oligonucleotides

Landon Durak, Biohaven

2:50 –3:00 PM

Green Chemistry Interactive Session

Sederra Ross and Isamir Martinez, ACS GCI
3:00 –3:30 PM

Networking Tea & Coffee Break

3:30 –4:00 PM

Development of a Short and Eco-Friendlier Asymmetric Manufacturing Process for Spiroketone CD 7659

Yongda Zhang, Boehringer Ingelheim

4:00 –4:30 PM

A Sustainably-Designed Manufacturing Process to Adavelt™ Active from Renewable Feedstocks

Nicholas Babij, Corteva

4:30 –6:00 PM

Poster Session & Reception

Speakers

Nick Babij

Nicholas Babij

Process Chemist
Corteva Agriscience

Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey

Associate Scientific Fellow
Takeda

Landon Durak

Landon Durak

Director
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals

Naoko Ichiishi

Naoko Ichiishi

Principal Research Scientist, Process Chemistry
Sanofi

Michael Kopach

Michael Kopach

Associate Vice President
Lilly

Isamir Martinez

Isamir Martinez

Assistant Director of Industry Programs
ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Scott Plummer

Scott Plummer

Senior Principal Scientist
Novartis

Alexander Radosevich

Alexander Radosevich

Principal Investigator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paul Richardson

Paul Richardson

Director, Medicinal Chemistry & Analytical Technologies
Pfizer

Sederra Ross

Sederra Ross

Program Manager
ACS GCI

Jason Tedrow

Jason Tedrow

Global Head of Process Chemistry
Sanofi

Yongda Zhang

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.