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Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Farmasötik Teknoloji

Research Areas

Pharmaceutical Technology is the branch of pharmacy that covers the development, testing, and all technologies related to the use of pharmaceutical dosage forms containing active ingredients from natural, semi-synthetic, and synthetic sources. Our department is equipped with educational and research laboratories that include not only the materials and tools necessary for the preparation of classical magistral prescriptions but also state-of-the-art devices. The Department of Pharmaceutical Technology offers pharmacy students courses over four semesters.

The research areas of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul Medipol University include:

Formulation Design and Characterization
Processes, structures, characteristics, physicochemical, and biopharmaceutical properties of pharmaceutical dosage forms
Formulation of solid (tablets, capsules, pellets), semi-solid (ointments, emulsions, gels, creams), and liquid dosage forms
Nanotechnology and nano/microscale drug delivery systems (nanoparticles, microemulsions, microspheres, liposomes, nanospheres, nanocapsules, solid lipid nanoparticles, micelles, self-emulsifying drug delivery systems), with in vitro–in vivo evaluation
Gene delivery systems and vaccine technology
Targeted peptide/protein drug delivery systems, with in vitro–in vivo evaluation
Oral, dermal, ocular, transdermal, topical, parenteral, and mucosal dosage forms
Controlled release systems, with in vitro–in vivo evaluation
Stability studies
Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics
Bioavailability and bioequivalence
Pharmaceutical industry and patent studies
Pharmaceutical Engineering

Academic Staff

Prof. Dr. Fatma Jülide Akbuğa

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammet Davut Arpa (Head of Department)

Res. Asst. Melike Zeynep Ünükür

Res. Asst. Tuğba Arslan

Res. Asst. Nilay Doğan

Res. Asst. Melisa Gündüz

Technician Hafize Nur Peker

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Organizational Chart

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Publication Date: 03/04/2026 - 15:03Last Update Date: 03/04/2026 - 15:17

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