Multi-disciplinary research community Drug Discovery and Delivery (DrugTech) merges together experts from many pharmaceutical disciplines, medicine, chemistry and physics. DrugTech groups investigate basic science and technologies that are relevant in drug discovery and delivery. These investigations facilitate the development of new candidate drugs and delivery systems.
Drug development depends on expertise of various disciplines that are needed in the synthesis of materials, analytics, formulation and biological testing. Therefore, inter-disciplinary synergy is an important asset both in the research work and education of young drug developers in multidisciplinary environment.
DrugTech hosts many research groups with more than 100 researchers. DrugTech emphasizes drug development for ocular, CNS and cardiovascular indications.
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Kai Kaarniranta
Professor
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Transporter-utilizing prodrugs are not the last hope in the drug development, they can be the first-aid, especially when you are targeting drugs into the brain.
Kristiina Huttunen
Academy Research Fellow
Arto Urtti, Professor of Biopharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy
Seppo Auriola, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy
Markus Forsberg, Professor of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy
Neuropharmacology, animal models of brain disorders, brain disease mechanisms
- Neuropharmacology Research Group
Paavo Honkakoski, Professor of Biopharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy
Drug metabolism and drug transport, gene expression
Kristiina Huttunen, Academy Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy
Transporter mediated targeting to the brain, prodrugs, medicinal chemistry
Janne Jänis, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Structural biology, mass spectrometry
Kai Kaarniranta, Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
Ophthalmology, retinal models and disease mechanisms
Anu Kauppinen, Professor of Pharmaceutical Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy
Disease mechanisms, drug development
Jarkko Ketolainen, Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical processing and measurement technology
Ossi Korhonen, Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy
Formulation and process development, molecular modeling
Maija Lahtela-Kakkonen, University Researcher, School of Pharmacy
Molecular modeling and drug discovery
Antti Poso, Professor of Drug Design, School of Pharmacy
Drug design and discovery, molecular modeling
Jarkko Rautio, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy
Prodrugs, drug delivery, pharmaceutical chemistry, brain drug delivery, drug transporters
Joakim Riikonen, University Researcher, Department of Physics
Nanomaterials, drug delivery
Juha Rouvinen, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Structural biology, protein crystallography, mass spectrometry
Astrid Subrizi, University Researcher, School of Pharmacy
Ocular drug targeting, nanotechnology
Jouko Vepsäläinen, Professor of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy
Drug synthesis, medicinal chemistry
Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Professor of Molecular Medicine, A.I. Virtanen Institute
Vascular biology
Professor Arto Urtti, School of Pharmacy
Professor Antti Poso, School of Pharmacy
Professor Jarkko Ketolainen, School of Pharmacy
Professor Juha Rouvinen, Department of Chemistry
Professor Kai Kaarniranta, Institute of Clinical Medicine
Academy Research Fellow Kristiina Huttunen, School of Pharmacy
Research Coordinator Karin Koivisto, School of Pharmacy
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