Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC)

UMB Enters Five-Year, $6 Million Partnership with MedImmune

March 24, 2014

New collaboration will strengthen SOP’s existing relationship with biopharmaceutical powerhouse and drive novel bioscience research across the State of Maryland and beyond.

SOP Enters New Agreement with China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University

March 18, 2014

Schools will work together to facilitate joint educational, research, and scientific exchanges.

CERSI-Sponsored Conference Brings “Big Data” Experts to UMB

February 25, 2014

Researchers from academia, government, and industry discuss how increasingly large, complex datasets can be harnessed to improve the drug development process.

SOP Talent Competition Highlights Student Innovation in Regulatory Science

February 6, 2014

M-CERSI’s “America’s Got Regulatory Science Talent” judges award student first prize for new technology to combat worldwide counterfeit drug crisis.

New MS in Regulatory Science Program Welcomes Inaugural Class

February 4, 2014

New part-time, online graduate program designed for working professionals focuses on drug product development and regulation.

SOP Researcher’s Entrepreneurism Recognized with Phase I Innovation Grant

February 3, 2014

Bruce Yu, PhD, to lead investigation of novel, inexpensive method to detect protein aggregation in biopharmaceutical drugs.

PSC Graduate Program Names New Director

December 17, 2013

Dr. Sarah Michel will work to enhance current students’ experience in the graduate program, while expanding efforts to recruit new, outstanding students to program.

Former Student Turned Faculty Member Retires from School of Pharmacy

November 22, 2013

Faculty, staff, and students gather for reception to honor Dr. Myron Weiner’s 36 years of committed teaching, scholarship, and service to the School.

SOP Awarded Federal Contract to Study Abuse Deterrence of Opioid Drugs

November 6, 2013

Research seeks to improve formulation and manufacturing of opioid medications; deter individuals from abusing powerful pain relievers.

SOP’s Hoag Hosts New Tablets & Capsules Hands-On Short Course

October 30, 2013

In-depth lectures and practical laboratory exercises introduce participants to tablet and capsule manufacturing.

SOP Mass Spectrometry Facility Hosts First-Ever Open House

October 29, 2013

Event highlights cutting-edge mass spectrometry instrumentation and services available to faculty, staff, and students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

PSC Department Named Partner in Waters Centers of Innovation Program

October 14, 2013

Designation honors the School of Pharmacy’s commitment to advancing science through its Mass Spectrometry Facility.