Research in Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics is a discipline that today encompasses the traditional areas of industrial pharmacy, physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacokinetics. Research programs in the department reflect both the traditional areas of pharmaceutical research and the evolving area of drug delivery-system research. These programs range from pharmaceutical processing research to studies of protein drug delivery; from evaluating interactions in suspension and emulsion systems to evaluating interactions between proteins and biopolymer surfaces; and from the nature of solid surfaces to the nature of membrane surfaces.

More detailed information about the research programs of individual members of the faculty is available from their web sites, which can be accessed easily from the listing of the IPPH Faculty.

Also, the department is home to the Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research (CPPR). The CPPR is funded in part by the National Science Foundation under the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program, which encourages cooperative research between academia and industry. Its mission is to foster an interdisciplinary approach to pharmaceutical processing-related research, to catalyze interaction between industrial and academic scientists, and to make the application of a basic science approach to formulation manufacture of drug products an integral part of pharmaceutical education.

Rodolfo Pinal, Center Director.

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