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FDA explores oversight of nanotechnology

The nanotechnology research of Darin Furgeson, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is referenced in the July 25 edition of Science Progress. The Food and Drug Administration’s Nanotechnology Task Force has been created to …

Start-up company begins testing Alzheimer’s drug

Mithridion, a drug development company, co-founded by Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, began a Phase 1 clinical trial of MCD-386, a small-molecule compound designed to treat Alzheimer’s patients. As highlighted in the …

Professor Kwon named to editorial board

Glen Kwon, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was named a member of the editorial board of the Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition Journal. This journal focuses on biopharmaceutics, drug disposition, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, especially those …

New business aimed at drug delivery

A start-up drug delivery company using technologies developed by three UW-Madison professors–pharmacy professors Sandro Mecozzi and Glen Kwon, and anesthesiology Professor Robert Pearce–as well as chemistry graduate student Jonathan Fast was featured in the May …