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Product stewardship

We address environmental issues associated with our products throughout their life cycle. This begins with product design and continues through managing the impacts of our manufacturing operations, including contract manufacturing, to eventual disposal. We refer to this as product stewardship.

This section focuses on:

• Product design – how we are incorporating environment, health and safety considerations into the design of new products
• Pharmaceuticals in the environment – what we are doing to understand and minimise the impact of pharmaceuticals released to the environment after use
• Specific issues with metered dose inhalers – how we are progressing against our target to eliminate the use of CFCs (an ozone depleting gas) from our product portfolio by 2010.

You can see more about other environmental issues associated with our products on our Corporate Responsibility website, including the use of genetically modified organisms, the use of natural resources, and potential impacts on biodiversity. The research and development section of this report covers our approach to animal testing.

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