Advances in Pharmaceutical Development
DRA symposium
Pharmaceutical development, driven by the new challenges in health and society, is moving further with new and innovative technologies, characterization methods and manufacturing procedures for advancing drug formulation. This is a result of the joined forces between both academia and industry on investing time and resources on investigating, not only the fundamental scientific questions behind drug formulation and characterization, but also on applying the generated scientific knowledge in the development of better manufacturing procedures of the final drug product.
This symposium is aimed at those working in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, coming from both academia and industry, who want to hear from experts across their field. Focus will be given to the latest advances in drug formulation, characterization, manufacturing and computational methods.
Programme 22 April 2025
Advances in the Formulation (Chair: Inês C. B. Martins)
| 09:00 | Coffee and croissants |
| 09:30 | Introduction / welcome Inês C. B. Martins and Thomas Rades, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 09:40 |
Advances in lipid-based drug delivery Anette Müllertz, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 10:10 |
Order and disorder in pharmaceutical solids – Advances in solid-state drug delivery Thomas Rades, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 10:40 |
Advances in nasal drug delivery |
| 11:10 |
Coffee break, scientific discussions & poster session |
| 11:40 |
Electrospun dressings for the treatment of psoriasis Andrea Heinz, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 12:10 |
ASD and implant development made easy Daniel Treffer, Meltprep GmbH, Graz, Austria |
| 12:40 |
Lunch |
Advances in the Characterization (Chair: Markus Lubda)
| 14:00 |
Introduction to Brillouin and low-frequency Raman spectroscopy for pharmaceutical applications Karlis Berzins, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 14:30 |
Elucidating structural heterogeneities of pharmaceuticals with stimulated Raman scattering microscopy Clare Strachan, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 15:00 |
From crystalline to amorphous solid forms: which tools can we use for their structural characterization? Inês C. B. Martins, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 15:30 |
Coffee break, scientific discussions & poster session |
| 16:00 |
Additive Manufacturing in Drug Formulation Characterization Leonard Siebert, Department of Material Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Germany |
| 16:30 |
Characterisation in Early Product Development Pirjo Tajarobi, Astra Zeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 17:00 |
Lab tour, Merck & MeltPrep innovation showcase |
| 18:30 |
Get together with finger food and drinks |
Programme 23 April 2025
Advances in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Chair: Clare Strachan)
| 09:30 | Coffee and croissants |
| 10:00 |
Tailor‐Made doses of pharmaceuticals by tunable modular design Natalja Genina, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 10:30 |
Technological challenges for the adoption of FDM 3D printing in pharmaceutical practice Mateusz Kurek, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical School, Poland |
| 11:00 |
Make poorly soluble drugs great again Korbinian Löbmann, Zerion, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 11:30 |
Coffee break, scientific discussions & poster session |
| 12:00 |
Enhancing Solubility of Small and Large Molecules with Polyvinyl Alcohol Markus Lubda, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 12:30 |
Latest advancements in additive manufacturing for solubility enhancement |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
Advances in the Computational methods (Chair: Daniel Treffer)
| 14:30 |
New and advanced approaches for sample characterization by X-rays and electrons Philip Hans, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 15:00 |
Experimental and digital formulation development for ionic liquid based cutaneous drug delivery systems Stine Rønholt, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Mark Jones, Molecular Quantum Solutions ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 15:30 |
Effect of simulation box size and shear on the structure of amorphous hydrochlorothiazide Michael Devlin, Center for Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK |
| 16:00 |
Coffee break, scientific discussions & poster session |
| 16:30 |
Artificial Intelligence based Co-crystal Prediction Tool Mitali Bhagwat, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 17:00 |
Computationally assisted design (CAD) for lipid and polymer based drug delivery systems Alex Bunker, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 17:30 |
Solving crystal structures using a neural network Anders Larsen, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 18:00 |
Conclusion and closing remarks |
The symposium is organized on behalf of the graduate programme in pharmaceutical sciences, Drug Research Academy, by Associate Professor Inês C. B. Martins and Professor Thomas Rades, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
The symposium is free of charge and open for attendance by all interested parties. It is necessary to pre-register before 7 April.