MedProcess LCA

MedProcess LCA

Modular prospective LCA for NHS medicines: choose a medicine, change how, where and at what scale it is made, and see the footprint range, its sources and how sensitive it is to each input.

Prototype · demo data
Carbon footprint, cradle to gate plus transport
Spend-based estimate for the same API
Future supplies: same design, every year and scenario

The current configuration recalculated for current supplies and every year from 2028 to 2045 under both scenarios. Design, location, batch, demand and facility settings stay fixed; only the grid, heat and chemical-supply factors change, and every year uses the same draws. Select a year in the chart or a row in the table to show it above.

Table: every year and scenario
Operation to meet demand
Mode values; batches started are expected values
Emission sources (mean of draws)
Sensitivity screening

Spearman rank correlation (ρ) of each sampled input with the footprint, within the sampled ranges. A screening signal: it is not a share of variance and does not by itself show which check improves the decision.

What a new measurement would change

Enter a measured value for one input of this design and the range of that measurement. The tool recalculates with the new record (nothing is saved) and shows how much the 90% range narrows, whether the best design in Screen designs changes, and which input to check next.

Other impacts (median, 90% range)

Placeholder factors applied to the same flows; trade-offs to watch when a carbon reduction is chosen.

Solvent recovery module

Welcome to MedProcess LCA

This prototype estimates the carbon footprint of making a medicine's active ingredient, from how, where and at what scale it is made, plus transport to and within the UK. It works in six steps:

    Process inventories and background factors are dummy data that show how the tool works; the prices of the spend-based comparison are public figures with their sources. Do not cite results.

    Open this guide again with the ? button at the top right.

    Save or open a research case

    A case file keeps the settings of every step, the options in Compare, the local data files loaded in this browser, the software and dataset versions, the results and the update log. Opening it restores all of that, recalculates, and says whether the results match the saved ones.

    Local data files are copied into the case file, so share it only with people allowed to see those data. The Excel workbook lists the case, the footprint and its sources, the sampled inputs with their sources, every future year, the Compare options, the design screen, the versions and the update log.