05.04.12
Pharmaceutics International, Inc. (Pii), has made a grant to the University of Mississippi (UM) to support pharmaceutical education for graduate students, as well as a center devoted to research related to hot melt extrusion (HME) and other pharmaceutical processing technologies.
The new Pii Center for Pharmaceutical Technology is directed by UM’s Michael A. Repka, a leading researcher in the field of hot melt extrusion and thermal processing. The Pii Center will collaborate with private industry, government agencies and other universities to conduct research aimed at developing novel, cost-effective, patient-friendly and efficacious formulations for delivering new and existing pharmaceutical products.
“Hot melt extrusion offers multiple advantages over traditional processing techniques for pharmaceutical processing,” said Mr. Repka, chair and professor of pharmaceutics and research professor in the UM School of Pharmacy’s Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “Thanks to Pii’s support, we will be able to greatly expand our research into how this advanced technology can be used to produce various dosage forms and improve drug delivery through oral and other routes.”
The new Pii Center for Pharmaceutical Technology is directed by UM’s Michael A. Repka, a leading researcher in the field of hot melt extrusion and thermal processing. The Pii Center will collaborate with private industry, government agencies and other universities to conduct research aimed at developing novel, cost-effective, patient-friendly and efficacious formulations for delivering new and existing pharmaceutical products.
“Hot melt extrusion offers multiple advantages over traditional processing techniques for pharmaceutical processing,” said Mr. Repka, chair and professor of pharmaceutics and research professor in the UM School of Pharmacy’s Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “Thanks to Pii’s support, we will be able to greatly expand our research into how this advanced technology can be used to produce various dosage forms and improve drug delivery through oral and other routes.”