Novel Formulations and Future Trends

Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak (MPharm, PhD) is working as a professor, at the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Odisha, India. He has earned his PhD from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has over 14 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems. Till date, he has authored more than 138 research and review publications in various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters. He has edited/authored 23 international books to his credit. Dr. Nayak has presented his research work at several conferences. He has received University Foundation Day Research Award, 2019 and 2022 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. Dr. Nayak is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and a registered pharmacist. Dr. Kalyan Kumar Sen (MPharm, PhD) has over 38 years of teaching and industrial and research experience in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel drug delivery systems. He has earned his PhD in pharmacy from Jadavpur University, India. Currently, Dr. Sen is working as a principal and professor of Gupta College of Technological Sciences, Asansol, India. Till date, he has authored several publications in various journals of international repute. He has authored several book chapters. He already has edited two books and co-authored one book. He has been the permanent reviewer of many international journals of high repute. Dr. Sen has participated and presented his research work at several conferences in India. Dr. Sen is a life member of the APTI and several professional bodies.

Section I: Novel formulations 1. Controlled release drug delivery systems: Principles and design 2. Microencapsulation: Methodologies and applications 3. Recent developments in mucosal drug delivery system 4. Implantable drug delivery systems: Design and applications 5. Transdermal drug delivery systems: Principles, design and applications 6. Gastroretentive drug delivery approaches for oral bioavailability improvement 7. Nasopulmonary drug delivery systems 8. Advancements in ocular drug delivery systems 9. Targeted drug delivery: Concepts, approaches and applications 10. Recent developments in paediatric and geriatric dosage forms 11. Protein and peptide delivery 12. Nucleic acid based therapeutic delivery system 13. Vaccine delivery systems for immunization Section II: Future trends in pharmaceutics 14. Computational Pharmaceutics 15. Application of artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical development 16. Computational fluid dynamics in pharmaceutical formulation development 17. Predictive tools for co-crystal formation 18. 3 D printing technology in drug delivery 19. Targeted drug delivery using aptamers as molecular probes 20. Bio-inspired drug delivery therapeutics 21. Stimuli-responsive systems for smart drug delivery 22. Ultrasound-based drug delivery systems