Applied Drug Delivery Institute and AAPS Announce 3rd Annual Academic Competition

The Catalent Applied Drug Delivery Institute in collaboration with the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) have announced details of the “3rd Annual Global Academic Competition for Life Science Leaders of Tomorrow”. The programme, which aims to encourage students’ interest and increase their knowledge of applied drug delivery technologies, is now open for entries via www.drugdeliveryinstitute.com/global-academic-competition.

The competition welcomes entries from eligible global university students enrolled in graduate programmes focused on the pharmaceutical sciences, industrial pharmacy, drug delivery, drug development or related disciplines.

Participating students will compete for one of five prizes of $2000, a complimentary, 1-year AAPS membership, and the opportunity to have their submissions published by Catalent in the Institute and/or industry publications.

Entries should take the form of an original review article based on topics such as drug development, improving therapeutic profiles and bioavailability, pre-formulation, drug delivery innovation in inhalation, biologics, lipid-based systems, crossing the blood-brain barrier, or on the delivery of drugs in certain patient groups such as pediatrics.  The deadline for entries is 28 March 2014.

“The Global Academic Competition supports the mission of The Catalent Applied Drug Delivery Institute to foster education, collaboration, and adoption of drug delivery technologies to develop better treatments for patients,” stated Terry Robinson, Executive Director of the Institute. “We are delighted that AAPS is co-sponsoring the competition this year, and with their reach to 2500 student and postdoctoral Fellow members, and almost 100 student chapters in 35 countries around the globe, we look forward to expanding the number of participating universities.” 

”The AAPS Awards Program provides a wonderful opportunity for scientists and students to be recognized and honored for their valuable contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences,” said John Lisack, Jr., CAE, AAPS executive director. “We are thrilled to collaborate with the Catalent Drug Delivery Institute again this year to award future leaders in the industry.”

Participating universities in the US include, St. John’s, Rutgers, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In Europe, participating universities include Saarland and Düsseldorf, Germany and Bath and Bristol in the U.K.

Details of the Global Academic Competition including entry forms and the official contest rules can be found at http://www.drugdeliveryinstitute.com/global-academic-competition/.