Pharmaceutical Sciences

By: Laura Bailey 
Read the originial article on the Michigan News Service’s website.
Discovering and engineering nanobodies with properties suitable for treating human diseases ranging from cancer to COVID-19 is a time-consuming, laborious process.
To that end, University of Michigan researchers found a simple method for identifying nanobodies with drug-like properties suitable for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections. They demonstrated […]

By: Laura Bailey
Read the original article on the Michigan News Service’s website.
Many people don’t realize that the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi residing within the gastrointestinal tract—collectively called the gut microbiome—are connected to overall health, and specifically to cancer.
Manipulating the gut microbiome to produce “beneficial” commensal microbes, which protect the host from pathogens and can […]

See the original release on the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences’ website.
The European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is delighted to announce the winner of the EJPS 2020 Best Paper Award. The winning paper has been selected by the EJPS award committee and will be presented at the next EUFEPS Annual Meeting. 
WINNING PAPER
The role of pH and dose/solubility ratio on cocrystal dissolution, […]

Gordon Amidon, PhD, William I. Higuchi Distinguished University Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Pharmacy, will retire from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, effective April 30, 2021.
Prof. Amidon has received numerous national and international awards and three honorary degrees for his contributions to pharmaceutical sciences. He earned a […]

Xiaoqi (Kevin) Sun, a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, has been awarded the 2021 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.
The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports exceptional doctoral candidates who are actively working on their dissertation research and writing. The competitive fellowship acknowledges students who have taken a risk and are working on particularly creative or ambitious […]

The multinational biopharmaceutical company Amgen has announced it will pay $240 million in upfront cash and milestone payments for molecules targeting autoimmune conditions from Ann Arbor, MI-based Evoq Therapeutics, a spinoff of research from the University of Michigan. Evoq, founded by Profs. Anna Schwendeman and James Moon, is named for the targeted dendritic cells the company uses to “evoke” […]

As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans have seen large shifts in their daily lives. Similarly, research, practice, and education within the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy has undergone significant changes. 
Students are practicing distant learning, utilizing new technologies during in-person classes, working in the lab in shifts, and creatively building […]

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) and the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy (U-M) have received a 5-year, $5 million grant from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a joint Center for Research on Complex Generics (CRCG).
The mission of CRCG is to increase access to safe and effective generic […]

Congratulations to Gregory Amidon, PhD, Research Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, who was re-elected to serve on the US Pharmacopeia (USP) Board of Trustees representing pharmaceutical sciences at its Virtual Convention Governance Meeting in May.  Dr. Amidon’s appointment is from 2020 – 2025, he previously served on the Board from 2015-2020.
Prof. Amidon received his BS in medicinal chemistry […]

When University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel announced the decision to move all courses online for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester, U-M faculty, staff, and graduate students had a few short days to make substantial changes to the delivery of a world-class education.
“I found the transition exhilarating,” says Gus Rosania, PhD, Professor of […]