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Programme
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Monday 7 September 2026
Registration
Registration and refreshments
0900-1000 hours
Welcome
Welcome message from the APS Chair and opening of the PharmSci 2026 Conference
Dr Kofi Asare-Addo, APS Chair and Reader in Pharmaceutics, Admissions Tutor for Pharmacy (MPharm), University of Huddersfield, UK
1000-1010 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Message from our Sponsors
A brief message from the APS Corporate Sponsors
1010-1020 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Science Chair
Lecture
“Future Medicines: Powering Pharmaceutical Science Through Disciplinary Diversity”
Professor Gavin P. Andrews, Head of School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland
1030-1115 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Plenary Lecture
“Enabling Oral Formulations for the Next Generation of Drugs”
Professor Lynne S. Taylor, Retter Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Purdue University, USA
1115-1200 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Lunch, View Exhibits and Poster Session (1200-1400 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
Parallel Science Session 1
1400-1530 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Biopharmaceutics
“Digital Integration and Application of Digital and Cyber-Physical Tools in Drug Development – Part 1″
Chair: Chris Roe, Principal Research Fellow, Scientific Consulting, Quotient Sciences, UK
Oakwellgate Room
Process Engineering and Material Science
Chair: Dr Simon Roberts, Controlled Release Manager, EMEA, IMCD, UK
Hillgate Room
Chair: Professor Barbara Conway, Head of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, UK
“Physiologically-based biopharmaceutics modelling using tiny-TIM to characterise drug release and dissolution“
Dr Connor O’Farrell, InnoGI Technologies, The Netherlands
“Can AI image analysis explain dissolution trends in the flow through apparatus? Focus on paediatric suspensions and viscous effects”
Dr Deirdre D’Arcy, Associate Professor in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
“The Aelius MuCo Platform: Human Relevant Models of the Digestive Tract”
Dr Kyle Stockdale Stanforth, Scientific Operations Manager, Aelius Biotech, UK
Exhibitors Showcase Presentation
Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK
1400-1405 hours
“Data-Driven Chemical Process Design: Enabled by High-Throughput Experimentation & Data-Science”
Steven Fussell, Asymchem Research and Development Labs, UK
“The Cambridge Structural Database meets the Manufacturing Classification System”
Dr Garry O’Connor, Head of Science, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, UK
Dr Raj Singh Badhan, Senior Lecturer of Pharmacokinetics, Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
“Assessing the Feasibility of a Drag Force Flow Sensor for the Inline Monitoring of High Shear Wet Granulation”
Ms Luisa Attfield, University of Birmingham, UK
“Cell Measurement Metrology: Elevating Morphology-Based CQAs for ATMPs and Clinical Diagnostics“
Dr Jeanne Rivera, Science Lead, National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC, UK
“Mass spectrometry of protein standards for biotherapeutic drug development”
Dr Gail Whiting, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), UK
“Comprehensive characterisation of liposomal metal-based drug formulations using hyphenated asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation system”
Dorota Bartczak MEngSc, PhD, Science Area Leader, NML, LGC Limited, UK
Refreshments and View Exhibits (1530-1600 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
Parallel Science Session 2
1600-1730 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Nanomedicines
Chair: Dr Asha Patel,
Imperial College London.
Oakwellgate Room
Emerging Technologies
Chair: Dr Tien Thuy Quach, Teaching Fellow in Pharmaceutics, Aston University, UK
Communication Chair of APS Emerging Technologies Focus Group
Hillgate Room
UKICRS
“Designing Tomorrow’s Therapies: Adaptive, Tailored, and Sustainable”
Chair: Dr Katie Ryan, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Irleand.
Exhibitors Showcase Presentation
Sara Pinto,
Business Development Manager,
Intertek Melbourn, UK
1600-1615 hours
“Targeting complement attack on nanoparticle surfaces”
Professor Moein Moghimi, Newcastle University, UK
“Inhaled RNA Delivery, Targetted Nanomedicine“
Professor Olivia Merkel, Professor and Chair of Drug Delivery, LMU Munich, Germany
“A molecular-scale AFM measures the nanomechanics of biological membranes“
MoMo Zandieh, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, UK
Exhibitors Showcase Presentation
E V Onaiwu, (PhD)
Special Projects (Electrospinning),
Genvolt LTD, UK
1600-1615 hours
“The Use of Microfluidics to Advance Pharmacy”
Professor Dr Hélder A. Santos (D.Sc. Chem. Eng.), Head of the Department of Biomaterials and Biomedical Technology and Head of the Translational Bionanomicro Theragenerative Medicine Lab, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
“AI-Driven Copilots for Autonomous Quality Control and Formulation Optimization in Personalized Medicine Manufacturing“
Dr Mohamed A. Alhnan BPharm, PhD, MRPharmS, FHEA, Reader in Innovative Pharmaceutics, King’s College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UK
“The Use of Virtual Reality to Advance Pharmacy Education and Research“
Professor Stephen Hilton, Professor of Chemistry and Enabling Technologies, UCL School of Pharmacy, UK
“Optimisation and evaluation of drug delivery into the skin: enhancing patient access to more effective medicines”
Richard H. Guy, Emeritus Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bath
“Bio-derived Polymeric Architectures for Sustainable Drug Delivery and Wound Healing“
Dr Athanassia Athanassiou, Principal Investigator, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Italy
“Regulatory and Policy Perspectives: Navigating approval pathways for novel, patient-centric formulations”
Professor Marie Louise (Marieke) De Bruin, Professor in Drug Regulatory Science at Utrecht University and Scientific Director of the Utrecht Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation, Netherlands
Drinks Reception, View Exhibits and Poster Session (1730-1830 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Registration
Registration and refreshments
0830-0900 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Welcome
Welcome from the APS Chair
Dr Kofi Asare-Addo, APS Chair and Reader in Pharmaceutics, Admissions Tutor for Pharmacy (MPharm), University of Huddersfield, UK
0900-0905 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Focus Group Relaunch
Presentation following the relaunch of Patient-Centric Medicines Focus Group and Inhaled Focus Group
0905-0915 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Plenary Lecture
“Mechanisms, Models, and Methods: Designing In Vitro (Release) Tests for Subcutaneous and Intramuscular Injectables”
Professor Jesper Østergaard, Professor of Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry, Ph.D., M.Sc. (Pharm), Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
0915-1000 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Award
Presentation of APS Innovative Science Award
Sponsored by:
1000-1005 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Award Lecture
Innovative Science Award Lecture – “Liqui-pellet technology as the next-generation oral delivery platform”
Ali Nokhodchi, Director of Materials Characterizations (Lupin Research Inc., Coral Springs, Florida, USA) and Emeritus Professor (University of Sussex, UK)
1005-1040 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Refreshments and View Exhibits (1040-1100 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
Parallel Science Session 1
1100-1230 hours
Poster Awards kindly sponsored by Almac Group
Pipewellgate Room
Poster Highlights
Chair: Dr Sara Cordeiro, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Oakwellgate Room
Students of Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SAPS)
Chair: Foday Samura, University of Greenwich, UK
Hillgate Room
Poster Highlights
Chair: Professor Laura Waters, University of Huddersfield, UK
“Stimuli-Responsive Microgel-Loaded Alginate: Chitosan-Based Scaffolds for Potential Chronic Wound Healing”
Professor Joshua Boateng, Professor in Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery; Associate Head of School (Science) for Research & Knowledge Exchange, University of Greenwich, UK
“Right Light, Controlled Radicals, Protected Antibody: Optimising GelMA photogelation conditions for Long-Acting Local Antibody Delivery”
Basmala Qaysson, PhD Student, University College London, UK
“Supersaturation Meets Permeation: Linking Cocrystal Dissolution Behaviour to Drug Transport“
Lucy May Newman, School of Pharmacy, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, UK
“Synthetic synovial fluid promotes antibiotic tolerance while constraining resistance evolution in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms“
Dr Thomas Thompson, Illuminate Pharmacy Fellow, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland
“Printing the future of vaccines: Additively manufactured dissolving microneedles using poly(beta-aminoester) based materials for drug delivery“
Krystian Lewandowski, PhD Researcher, University of Nottingham, UK
“Multi-Particle Tracking Analysis of Liposomal Nanoparticles’ Diffusions in Complex Biological Media“
Yucheng Zhu, PhD Student, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
“Career insights: Moving from PhD into Big Pharma“
Dr Esther Jacobs, Associate Principal Scientist, Advanced Drug Delivery, AstraZeneca, UK
“Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Quinazolinone-Based EGFR Inhibitor Candidates”
Goda Pyragaite, London Metropolitan University, UK
“Bioinformatic Analysis of Pathogenicity Islands in Klebsiella Pneumonia Across Human, Animal, and Environmental Host Groups”
Ayoub Laghdir, BSc Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate, University of Greenwich, UK
“Hybrid Mechanistic and Machine-Learning Modelling of Transdermal Transport: Rapid Profile Prediction and Mechanistic Analysis of Follicular-Pathway Effects”
Furqan Mohammed Khan, MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences Student, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
“Electrospun Drug Delivery System for Targeted Therapy to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections”
Chloe Linham, PhD student, University of East Anglia and The Quadram Institute, UK
“Enzyme-responsive peptide-like hydrogels as sustained drug delivery depots for treatment and prevention of global infectious disease”
Dr Parul Rani, Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland
“Determination of crystalline material in amorphous solid dispersions by Raman chemical imaging”
Astron Gerov, Business Development Associate, M2M Pharmaceuticals Ltd
“An Integrated Platform for Novel Antibody-Conjugated PLGA Nanoparticle Development: Overcoming Barriers to Clinical Translation”
Rama Hassoun, PhD Researcher, UCL CDT in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies
“Intestinal site-specific delivery of metformin enhances GLP-1-mediated metabolic effects”
Professor Myasar Al-kotaji Dean, College of Pharmacy, Ninevah University, Mosul, Iraq
“Model-based screening for coamorphous development”
Thierry Bonnaud, Principal Scientist, Solid Form and Particle Engineering, Veranova, UK
“Fabrication and Characterisation of Tirzepatide-Loaded Dissolving Microneedle Arrays for Transdermal Peptide Delivery”
Mirjalol Uktamov, PhD Researcher, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland
“Formulation and characterisation of Spironolactone- Eugenol-loaded LeciPlexes for topical delivery”
Saedah Dereiah, PhD Researcher, University of Huddersfield, UK
Lunch, View Exhibits and Poster Session (1230-1400 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
Poster Awards kindly sponsored by Almac Group
Parallel Science Session 2
1400-1530 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Regulatory
Chair: Dr Milan Antonijevic, RSC, MAPS, FHEA, Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Programme Director for MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford
Oakwellgate Room
JPAG
Chair: Professor Laura Waters,
University of Huddersfield, UK
Hillgate Room
Skin
Chair: Dr Keng Wooi Ng,
Newcastle University, UK
“From Innovation to Regulatory Readiness: Building UK Regulatory Science Capability through CERSIs”
Dr Nicoletta Charolidi, Principal Policy Specialist – CERSI Lead, MHRA, UK
“The Digital CMC CERSI & Our Framework for the Use of Computational Models (incl. AI) in CMC”
Dr Chantal Mustoe, Digital CMC CERSI Researcher & Training Developer, Digital CMC CERSI, UK
“VERA: An AI-enabled Virtual Expert for Regulatory Assistance”
Matheus De Castro, PhD Student, De Montfort University, UK
“High-throughput Topical Formulation Development using FTIR-Microscopy”
Dr Thomas Hibbard, Maplethorpe Research Fellow, King’s College, London, UK
“Self-assembly processes in pharmaceutical formulations – Parameters affecting lipid- and oligonucleotide-based formulation properties
Dr Mischa Zelzer, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK
“An Integrated Chiral Screening Approach: Optimising Workflows Across Three Modes (RP-HPLC, SFC and NP-HPLC)”
Miss Lucy Smith, Pharmaron, UK
“Sustainable Chitosan Patches: From Sea-Shell Waste to Medical Applications“
Professor Katarina Novakovic, Newcastle University, UK
“Next‑Generation Strategies for Infected Wounds: Drug Development, Delivery, and Stewardship”
Professor Barbara Conway, Head of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, UK
“Generating vitamin D in the skin without the sun”
Professor Stuart Jones, Chair in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Director of the Centre for Pharmaceutical Medicine Research, King’s College London, UK
Refreshments and View Exhibits (1530-1600 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
This session has been kindly sponsored by Pharmaceutical Press
Award
Presentation of APS Award
Sponsored by:
1600-1605 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Award Lecture
APS Award Lecture – “Delivering the Future: How Novel Excipients Are Changing What Medicines Can Do”
Bruno C. Hancock, PhD., Vice President, Aleurites LLC, UK
1605-1650 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Conference Dinner (1830 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Registration
Registration and refreshments
0830-0900 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Welcome
Welcome from the APS Chair
Dr Kofi Asare-Addo, APS Chair and Reader in Pharmaceutics, Admissions Tutor for Pharmacy (MPharm), University of Huddersfield, UK
0900-0905 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Plenary Lecture
“How digital technologies are reshaping healthcare”
Professor Simon Gaisford, University College London, UK
0905-0950 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Award
Presentation of APS Emerging Scientist Award
Sponsored by:
0950-0955 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Award Lecture
Emerging Scientist Award Lecture – “Multidisciplinary Approaches to Future Medicines Through Nanotechnology”
Juan Luis Paris, Principal Investigator, IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND. Allergy Unit, Regional University Hospital of Málaga, Spain
0955-1030 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Refreshments, View Exhibits and Poster Session (1030-1100 hours) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
Parallel Science Session 1
1100-1230 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Patient-Centric Medicines Focus Group
Chair: Dr Terry Ernest, Director of MSAT, Almac Group, UK and Dr Sara Cordeiro, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Oakwellgate Room
Biopharmaceutics
“Digital Integration and Application of Digital and Cyber-Physical Tools in Drug Development – Part 2”
Chair: Chris Roe, Principal Research Fellow, Scientific Consulting, Quotient Sciences, UK
Hillgate Room
Drugs from Natural Products
Chair: Dr Sukvinder Kaur Bhamra, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Universities of Greenwich and Kent at Medway
“Application of Advanced Machine Learning to Enhance Decision Making and Accelerate Clinical Development”
Dr Andy Lewis PhD BPharm(Hons) FCRS, Chief Scientific Officer, Quotient Sciences, UK
Dorota Danielak, PhD, R&D Manager, Physiolution, Poland
“Colouring Medicines Naturally: Navigating Regulatory, Supply and Authentication Challenges to Protect Patients“
Dr Jason Teckoe, Director of Film Coating Technical Strategy, Colorcon Ltd, UK
Professor Olumayokun Olajide, University of Huddersfield, UK
Award
Presentation of Poster Awards
Sponsored by Almac Group
Close
Concluding remarks from APS Chair and close of Conference
Dr Kofi Asare-Addo, APS Chair and Reader in Pharmaceutics, Admissions Tutor for Pharmacy (MPharm), University of Huddersfield, UK
1250-1300 hours
Pipewellgate Room
Lunch and View Exhibits (1300-1400) – Gateshead Suite Foyer
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