Drug Development

UMSOP and KamTek Collaborate on Therapeutic Development to Treat Deadly Infections

November 23, 2020

Award from the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program supports work to formulate Clofazimine for treatment of recurrent C. difficile infections.

Grant Increases Access, Safety of Generic Drugs

September 29, 2020

New center established by the School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the University of Michigan, will increase access to safe and effective generic drugs through collaborative research, training, and exchange.

CERSI Conference Spotlights Latest Advances in Topical Drug Development

August 24, 2020

Virtual event brings together more than 500 attendees, including stakeholders from the FDA, academia, and industry.

M-CERSI Conference Examines Recent Advances in Topical Drug Development

September 10, 2019

Event sponsored by the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation brings together more than 600 researchers from academia, government, and industry.

M-CERSI Workshop Explores Advances, Challenges in Pediatric Drug Development

September 9, 2019

More than 100 researchers from academia, government, and industry come together to share existing knowledge, new approaches, best practices, and continued challenges in pediatric drug formulation.

Local Technology, Global Impact

October 1, 2018

Dr. Maureen Kane’s leadership of the Mass Spectrometry Center make her a UMB Champion of Excellence.

Fighting Drug Resistance with Resilience

August 27, 2018

A lifelong passion for research and desire to inspire the next generation of scientists make graduate student Alecia Dent a UMB Champion of Excellence.

PSC Researcher Named One of Five Finalists in National Toxicity Challenge

January 26, 2018

Dr. Hongbing Wang receives $100,000 from the National Toxicology Program to help support his work to develop a new cell culture model for use in high-throughput screening assays.

AAPS/DDDI Meeting Brings Drug Design and Discovery Experts to the School

September 18, 2017

Event spotlights cutting-edge pharmaceutical sciences research being conducted across the region and offers networking opportunities for attendees.

SOP, UCSF Partner for New Initiative on Pediatric Drug and Device Development

September 11, 2017

Partnership will facilitate the development of therapeutics for pediatric patients and provide research and education opportunities for faculty, students, and trainees.

A Metabolic Pathway that Feeds Liver Cancer

August 23, 2017

Research published by Hongbing Wang, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC), may explain how some liver cancer cells obtain the nutrition they need to proliferate.

CERSI Symposium Highlights Use of Biomarkers in Drug Development

August 28, 2015

More than 500 researchers from academia, government, and industry gather to gain perspective on biomarker development and the application of biomarkers in preclinical and clinical research.