Welcome to The Faculty of Pharmacy

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Welcome to The Faculty of Pharmacy
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The Faculty of Pharmacy

• The Faculty was founded in 1973
• High-quality research-based teaching
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (3 years)
• To work in dispensing medicines in all sectors
  of pharmacy.
• To provide a foundation for further education
• Master of Science in Pharmacy (5 years)
• To work as a pharmacist
• Foundation for post graduate studies

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The Faculty of Pharmacy

• Master degrees in Toxicology and Medicinal
  Chemistry.
•   Post-graduate training is given in all topics.
• At present about 700 graduate and 100
  post-graduate students

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The Faculty of Pharmacy
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The Faculty of Pharmacy

• Departments
• Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Department of Pharmaceutics (biopharmacy
  pharmaceutical technology)
• Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Department of Social Pharmacy
• Drug Research and Development Centre for further
  development of research innovations and other
  cooperation with the drug industry

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The Faculty of PharmacyResearch
The research of the Faculty of Pharmacy covers
nearly the entire drug development chain from
target to clinical efficacy.
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The Faculty of PharmacyResearch

• Strategic research areas
• Drug development
• Drug-like properties of drug substances (ADMET
  research)
• New drug formulations and process analysis
  techniques (PAT)
• Evaluation of efficacy of drug treatment
• The research and further development of
  high-class analytical procedures is a research
  area, which supports the development of other
  research areas. 

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The Faculty of PharmacyResearch

• Research areas of societal importance
• Geriatric drug therapy
• Pediatric medication
• Impacts of political decision making concerning
  medicines
• Toxicological research on mechanisms involved in
  toxicity and toxicokinetics

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The Faculty of PharmacyFacts and Figures
Staff
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The Faculty of PharmacyFacts and Figures
Funding, m
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The Faculty of PharmacyFacts and Figures
Degrees
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The Faculty of PharmacyFacts and Figures
Publications
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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Head of Department Professor Risto Juvonen
• Staff 2006 35 person-years
• professors 5, senior researhers 3, post-doc
  researchers 3, PhD students 13, teaching
  personnel 1, auxiliary personnel 7 and
  administrative personnel 3.
• Funding 2006 1 448 t
• University budget funding 876 t, complementary
  572 t

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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Provides teaching in
• Pharmacology,
• Toxicology,
• Clinical pharmacology.

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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Research areas in Pharmacology
• New drugs and strategies against brain diseases,
• Role and interactions of histamine as a
  neurotransmitter,
• Cardiovascular pharmacology.
• Research areas in Toxicology
• Molecular epidemiology,
• Xenobiotic metabolism,
• Occupational and environmental toxicology,
• Placenta perfusion.

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Department of Pharmaceutics

• Head of Department Professor Kristiina Järvinen
• Staff 2006 38 person-years
• professors 4, senior researhers 1, post-doc
  researchers 2, PhD students 20, teaching
  personnel 5, auxiliary personnel 5 and
  administrative personnel 1.
• Funding 2006 1 844 t
• University budget funding 799 t, complementary
  1045 t

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Department of Pharmaceutics

• Provides teaching in
• Physical pharmacy,
• Pharmaceutical technology,
• Biopharmaceutics,
• Pharmacokinetics,
• Pharmacogenomics.

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Department of Pharmaceutics

• Research projects in Biopharmaceutics
• New In Vitro Models for ADME Studies,
• Bisphosphonate Research,
• Transdermal Drug Delivery,
• Delivery of Gene Medicines,
• Controlled Gene Expression.
• Research projects in Pharmaceutical Technology
• Inhalation Powders,
• Novel Biodegradable Polymers,
• Powder and Tablet Technology.

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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Head of Department Professor Antti Poso
• Staff 2006 58 person-years
• professors 4, senior researhers 6, post-doc
  researchers 8, PhD students 28, teaching
  personnel 2, auxiliary personnel 9 and
  administrative personnel 1.
• Funding 2006 2 659 t
• University budget funding 761 t, complementary
  1 898 t

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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Provides teaching in
• Analytical and synthetic pharmaceutical
  chemistry,
• Principles of chemistry and organic chemistry,
• Pharmaceutical biology,
• Biochemistry,
• Biotechnology,
• Drug design.

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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• The core areas of research
• Medical chemistry
• Pharmaceutical drug development,
• The development of novel bio-organic and
  medicinal compounds

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Department of Social Pharmacy

• Head of Department Professor Riitta Ahonen
• Staff 2006 19 person-years
• professors 2, post-doc researchers 1, PhD
  students 7, teaching personnel 5, auxiliary
  personnel 3 and administrative personnel 1.
• Funding 2006 757 t
• University budget funding 487 t, complementary
  270 t

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Department of Social Pharmacy

• Provides teaching in
• Pharmacy practice
• Patient counselling
• Social pharmacy
• Clinical pharmacy
• Current research areas
• Drug information and patient counseling in
  community pharmacies,
• Prevalence and treatment of pain,
• Children and medicines,
• Economic evaluation of drugs,
• Use of cardiovascular drugs.

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increases collaboration between the university
drug research groups and pharmaceutical companies
to create and transfer new innovations to the
private sector. The centre also provides research
and development services to pharmaceutical
companies.

• The Centre is able to carry out research
• projects in the following research areas
• Drug Design and Synthesis
• In Vitro Biopharmaceutics
• Drug Analysis
• Non-Clinical Pharmacology
• Formulation Development
• Pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacoeconomics

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