Pharmaceutical Sciences Studies of the delivery of drugs (eg design of dosage forms) and the stability of drugs in various dosage formulations. The metabolic fate of drugs and other chemicals is studied, mostly in vivo. The use of molecular graphics in elucidation of mechanisms in drug metabolism is studied. Drug analysis is another important area of interest.

	Pharmaceutics The School is undertaking a variety of formulation projects, some with industry collaboration.			Barrett's Oesophagus A clinical trial studying the effectiveness of COX-2 inhibitors at lowering COX-2 protein expression in oesophageal tissue has raised the possibility of two new variants of COX-2.
	Natural Products Research The School has several streams of natural products research underway involving products native to Tasmania. See Natural Pharmaceutical Products flyer.			Salbutamol (b-agonist therapy) This research revolves around the chiral nature of salbutamol (which is delivered as a 1:1 mixture of (R) and (S) -salbutamol).
	Therapeutic potential of selenium and glutathione peroxidase Selenium is thought to have many beneficial health effects including protection against cardiovascular disease and cancer and previous limited work has indicated that Tasmanians may be deficient.			Specialised bio-analytical applications and methods development for novel drug delivery and biotechnology research.

 

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