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November 24, 2015, was a day of rheology at the School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, when the invited speakers and 35 participants came together for the combined workshop of the New Zealand and Australian CRS chapters, “Pharmaceutical Rheology—Principles and Applications.” With this…
Samir Mitragotri is a prominent leader in the field of drug delivery and biomaterials. His contribution in the field of transdermal drug delivery was noticed by the community when his group successfully published the delivery of vaccines (proteins), insulin (peptides), and siRNA via skin into the…
Introduction Microorganisms are contributing to a great degree nowadays in the field of biotechnology, with increasing demand as they provide a wide range of by-products that show promising economic importance and value in many specialized branches of…
Introduction During autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), the body incorrectly recognizes and attacks “self ” tissues. Conventional clinical therapies for MS employ broad immunosuppression, which has provided important benefits for…
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Dear Reader, Yvonne Perrie University of Strathclyde  Glasgow, ScotlandIt is one the most exciting sports stories of all time—Leicester City Football Club won the English Premier League title. For those of you outside England, you may question this statement. But the background to this is rather…
Agis KydonieusAgis Kydonieus is the founder and president of Samos Pharmaceuticals LLC and cofounder of KAT Transdermals LLC and InteguRx Therapeutics LLC. He has 30+ years of extensive experience in preclinical as well as phase I–III clinical development and has launched several products in the…