Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

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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