In 2005 environmental information was published for the first two groups of products in www.fass.se, to test a new model for classification, developed on an initiative from LIF (The Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry in Sweden). The initiative was a response to an increasing public demand for environmental information on pharmaceuticals and an attempt to develop a model accepted by Swedish stakeholders, but also by the global pharmaceutical industry. In 2010, all groups of pharmaceuticals (ATC codes) on the Swedish market had been the subject of an environmental risk assessment. During the implementation of the environmental classification system IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) performed a project with the aim to identify and address the pitfalls of the system. This project was financed by LIF and the Foundation for IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (SIVL). IVL reviewed the pre-published data and took part in a discussion, led by LIF, with the pharmaceutical companies about how to implement the guideline for environmental risk assessment, developed by LIF (LIF Expert Group Environment) in cooperation with stakeholders and the international industry. The goal of this reviewing process was to establish a common praxis for the implementation of the guideline among the different companies and to feed back the experience from the self-declaration process to the system owners, LIF. The review of pre-published environmental risk assessments and system evaluation is an on-going task and the present report describes the experiences from the review process during the year 2013. With its iterative process, IVL gives feedback to LIF regarding the system as such, both from a scientific perspective as well as from a quality assurance perspective. Den här rapporten finns endast på engelska. Svensk sammanfattning finns i rapporten.
Report on how the work to implement environmental information in www.fass.se will be achieved through a common practice.