Welcome to the Division of Pharmaceutical Technology
The Division of Pharmaceutical Technology is dedicated to the development, manufacturing, and characterization of medicinal products. Our focus lies on combining solid pharmaceutical education with modern technological research.
We are pleased to welcome students, researchers, and guests to our institute.
What is Pharmaceutical Technology?
Together with Pharmaceutical Biology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Clinical Pharmacy, and Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Technology forms one of the central pillars of modern pharmaceutical education.
In pharmaceutical technology, we focus on the question of how an active ingredient can be processed, formulated, and packaged in such a way that it reaches the patient safely and effectively, and with features that promote patient adherence to the medication plan. In order to do this, biopharmaceutical expertise is also required to ensure that these goals are met not only during testing in the lab but also under the conditions prevailing in the human body.
The focus is therefore on dosage forms such as tablets, capsules, ointments, inhalers, injections, implants, transdermal systems, or nanoparticles. Pharmaceutical technology deals with the development, production, testing, and optimization of these and other dosage forms – from the laboratory or compounding scale to industrial manufacturing.
Pharmaceutical technology is an interdisciplinary field in which various scientific disciplines come together. Chemistry and physics meet life sciences, engineering, and materials science, and knowledge of pharmaceutical technology, including biopharmacy, is a key qualification in pharmaceutical sciences.
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