Pharmaceutical manufacturers could reduce their carbon footprint using new microwave technology that speeds up the chemical reactions necessary to produce active ingredients in drugs.rnMicrowave engineering specialists at UK research-and-development organisation C-Tech Innovation have created a prototype microwave reactor system capable of producing 20kg of pharmaceutical material in a span of 32 hours.rnC-Tech recently received a development grant of ￡278,000 from UK environmental think-tank The Carbon Trust to scale up its system. The goal is to produce hundreds of kilograms or even tonnes of material every day for manufacturers of various chemistry-based products such as plastics and lubricants.
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