The project aims to study ceramics in order to develop new products for oral pain relief. Another objective is to increase knowledge and understanding of the technology platform based on the ceramic materials. It is important that drug release is safe from a patient perspective, i.e. regardless of what the patient eats or drinks you should have the same drug release rate. The aim is to find a carrier that meets the specifications as well as the requirements for a pharmaceutical product. Expected results are to find correlations between material properties and drug release that can be applied to a product.
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is an independent research funding in public research funding system. SSF’s goal is to support scientific, technological and medical research. The Foundation will thereby promote the development of strong research settings of the highest international standard and of importance for Sweden’s future competitiveness.
SSF has allocated around SEK 15 million for a strategic mobility programme covering a period of two years. The purpose of the programme is to increase personal mobility and cross-fertilization between academia and industry and thereby also increase knowledge of the different conditions under which people work in academia and industry. SSF's Board of Directors decided to grant 17 projects in the announcement.
Each grant within the programme covers the salary of a researcher or equivalent person during an exchange service period of four to twelve months in another sector than the one in which the person is currently active. During the exchange period the visiting researcher shall conduct research, research-based activities or technical development within one of the Foundation’s spheres of responsibility. The programme is aimed at individuals who wish to acquire as well as contribute to relevant knowledge in another sector and subsequently return to the sector in which they are employed.
We are very pleased that Susanne has been offered the opportunity to deepen the existing cooperation between the Department of Engineering Sciences at Uppsala University and Orexo. We are confident that it will lead to new drugs for the treatment of chronic pain.
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