# Pharmaceuticals and Water and sanitation

Pharmaceuticals buys from Water and sanitation; pharmaceuticals depends on water and sanitation.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/pharmaceuticals-and-water-and-sanitation/

[Pharmaceuticals](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/pharmaceuticals/) (industry) and [Water and sanitation](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/water_sanitation/) (industry): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Buys from

*Physical flow · ₹1 per ₹100 · Pharmaceuticals buys from Water and sanitation*

Pharmaceuticals buys goods or services from Water and sanitation; counted through every round of supply, ₹1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

- **₹1** of every ₹100 of Pharmaceuticals output, all rounds
- **₹0.4** bought directly

### 2. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Water and sanitation → Pharmaceuticals*

4 of the enterprise types in Pharmaceuticals depend on water and sanitation.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Key starting material and intermediate makers: effluent treatment is a licence condition (criticality 5 of 5)
- API manufacturers and CDMOs: purified water and effluent (criticality 4 of 5)
- Biologics and vaccine manufacturers: water for injection (criticality 4 of 5)
- Finished-dose formulators (branded and generic): purified water (criticality 3 of 5)

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