Scientific Activities

The staff of the Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Technology is involved in a diverse range of research and development projects. Their work encompasses the exploration of modern drug formulation technologies, studies on innovative therapy forms, and efforts to improve pharmaceutical processes. Additionally, the department collaborates with other scientific institutions and pharmaceutical companies, fostering knowledge exchange and the creation of interdisciplinary projects.

Moreover, members of the Laboratory of Practical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care maintain active contacts with the profession through community pharmacies and pharmaceutical care offices, holding significant roles in the Greater Poland Chamber of Pharmacy. This engagement enables the implementation of projects related to professional counseling and pharmaceutical care, particularly in the context of interprofessional collaboration to provide comprehensive support for patients.

An essential aspect of these projects involves developing nationwide guidelines for pharmacists providing services within the framework of pharmaceutical care.

Projects carried out as a result of competitions:

• Title: 3D printing as a tool to obtain transdermal microneedle systems with improved efficiency in the treatment of depressive disorders
  Project Number: NCN Sonata Bis 11, 2021/42/E/NZ7/00125
  Granted Amount: 2,407,482 PLN
  Start Date: April 26, 2022
  End Date: April 25, 2025
  Project Head: prof. Tomasz Osmałek

• Title: Advanced manufacturing of drug substances by co-processing with excipients through heteronucleation in a milifluidic device
  Project number: REA, HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 
  Granted Amount: PUMS: 0;  University of Chemistry and Technology Prague and Zentiva: 119 097.32 EUR
  Start Date: 2024-09-01
  End Date: 2026-03-31
  Project Head: Emilia Jakubowska, PhD

• Title: Ionotropic gelation and chemical crosslinking as tools to obtain matrix capsules with mesalazine
  Project Number: NCN Preludium 19, 2020/37/N/NZ7/02553
  Granted Amount: 208,920 PLN
  Start Date: February 1, 2021
  End Date: January 31, 2024
  Project Head: Piotr Gadziński, MSc

• Title: Microneedles obtained with the 3D printing technique as carriers of photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy of skin cancers
  Project Number: NCN Miniatura 7
  Granted Amount: 49,720 PLN
  Start Date: October 5, 2023
  End Date: October 4, 2024
  Project Head: Beata Czarczyńska-Goślińska, PhD

• Title: Preparation, determination of compatibility of individual components and evaluation of pharmaceutical properties of hydrogels based on fish tropocollagen with model antifungal drugs
  Project Number: NCN Miniatura 7
  Granted Amount: 49,500 PLN
  Start Date: November 28, 2023
  End Date: November 27, 2024
  Project Head: Bartłomiej Milanowski, PhD

• Title: Development of an Innovative Hemostatic Dressing Based on Biodegradable Polymers
  Project Number: ABM, 2023/ABM/04/00014
  Granted Amount: 10,890,148.01 PLN (PUMS: 3,342,753.02 PLN)
  Start Date: April 2, 2024
  End Date: March 31, 2029
  Project Head: Consortium (Regional Center for Health Sp. z o.o. - Leader, PUMS– Consortium Member)

Projects carried out as part of Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Technology activities:

• Ttile: Preparation and characterization of films from natural polymers as a meloxicam delivery system
  Project Head: Barbara Jadach, PhD
  
• Title: Explanation of the mechanism of increasing the physical stability of model active pharmaceutical ingredients in their co-amorphous systems
  Project Head:  Prof. Marcin Skotnicki 
  
  

Projects carried out as part of doctoral theses:

• Title: 3D printing as a tool to obtain transdermal microneedle systems with improved efficiency in the treatment of depressive disorders
  PhD Candidate: Monika Wojtyłko, MSc
  Supervisor: Prof. Tomasz Osmałek (PUMS) and Prof. Dimitrios A. Lamprou (Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland)
  
  
• Title: Assessing the Impact of Patient Education on the Correct Use of Inhalers within Pharmaceutical Care in Community Pharmacies
  PhD Candidate: Weronika Guzenda, MSc
  Supervisor:  Prof. Magdalena Waszyk-Nowaczyk
  
  
• Title: Standardization of the Educational Process and Assessment of Its Impact on Preparing Future Pharmacists for the Role of Patient Educators
  PhD Candidate: Beata Plewka, MSc
  Supervisor: Prof. Tomasz Osmałek
  Co-Supervisor:  Prof. Magdalena Waszyk-Nowaczyk
  
  
• Title: 3D printed microneedles for delivery of voriconazole in the treatment of local skin infections
  PhD Candidate: Oliwia Kordyl, MSc
  Supervisor: Prof. Tomasz Osmałek (PUMS) and Prof. Bożena Michniak-Kohn (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA)
  
  
• Title: Synthesis of titanium (IV) dioxide nanoparticles with enhanced safety profile and photoprotective properties for photolabile drugs applied to the skin, on the example of voriconazole (Double Degree - Co-Tutelle Program)
  PhD Candidate: Michał Gackowski, MSc
  Supervisor: Prof. Tomasz Osmałek (PUMS) and Prof. Raphaël Schneider (Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France)