The Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, headed by Prof. Dr. Jörg Huwyler, did steadily grow during the past years. The team consists at present of 19 university employed collaborators and 7 external PhD and postgraduate students working in industry and as visiting scientists.

Research is focused on the development of innovative drug delivery and drug targeting strategies using (nano)particulate drug carriers. The section «Drug Delivery» is headed by Dr. M. Puchkov.

Publications of the team appeared in peer-reviewed journals. Highlights were two publications in the «Journal of Controlled Release» and a publication in «Lancet Infectious Disease». The latter describes a successful joint project with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), where oral dosage forms of anthelmintic drugs were prepared for clinical trials in developing countries. Furthermore, J. Huwyler was nominated as editor for the «European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics».