Pharmaceutical Formulations for Older Patients

Professor Mine Orlu

Mine Orlu is Professor of Pharmaceutics and MSc Pharmaceutics, Programme Director in the UCL School of Pharmacy. Professor Orlu`s research focuses on clinical pharmaceutics in particular designing pharmaceutical formulations tailored considering the physiological alterations and medicine administration related needs occurring at advanced age. Professor Orlu has published over 100 papers in leading journals of pharmaceutics. She is one of the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Young Scientists (Class of 2020).

 

Professor Fang Liu

Fang Liu is Professor of Pharmaceutics in the Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical and Biological Science at University of Hertfordshire. Fang’s research interest is in the development of age-appropriate medicines for children and older patients especially using oral solid dosage forms. She is the Founder Director of Fluid Pharma Ltd, a University of Hertfordshire spin out to advance paediatric and geriatric medicine development. Fang is the co-chair of Age-related Medicines Focus Group in the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Great Britain and a member of the European Paediatric Formulation Initiative.