Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100650

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP140100650

Funding Status
Closed

Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the .

Funded Activity Summary

Environmentally Sustainable Solvents for Natural Pharmaceutical Extraction Processes. Australia supplies 25 per cent of the world's pain relieving medicinal opiates which contributes to a $200 million export industry for Australia. The active pharmaceutical ingredients are extracted and purified at GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Port Fairy processing plant using a solvent extraction based process. Together with GSK the project team aim to examine the use of environmentally sustainable bio-derived natural solvents to replace the volatile organic compound (VOC) fossil fuels based solvents used in the current process. Due to environmental and health concerns associated with VOCs the development of alternative solvents will be of great benefit to not only GSK but a range of other processing industries that also use VOC based solvent extraction processes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-02-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $383,762.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Engineering | Membrane and Separation Technologies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Human Pharmaceutical Treatments (e.g. Antibiotics) |

Other Keywords

Chemical Engineering | Human Pharmaceutical Treatments (e.g. Antibiotics) | Membrane and Separation Technologies

Related Links