Pulmonary Drug Delivery Systems: Material and Technological Advances

-Dr. Piyush Pradeep Mehta is currently working as deputy manager in global respiratory R&D at Cipla R&D Centre, Mumbai, India. Dr. Piyush has rich experience in the field of inhaled drug products. He has worked in reputed pharmaceutical companies like Cipla R&D and Zydus Cadila. He has been instrumental in completing a few dry powder inhaler (DPIs) products in India. He has been elected as prestigious Newton-Bhabha Fund, Royal Society Of Chemistry (RSC) Researcher (2019-2020) owing to his contribution to the field of pulmonary drug delivery. He has been selected for On-Demand Presentations on pulmonary drug delivery from The Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL 2020), UK because of his contribution to modified throat research. He has also received appreciation for the contribution for Institution's Innovation Council by MHRD's Innovation Cell, Government of India (2018-2019). He was a guest editor for a special issue "Advances in Orally Inhaled and Nasal Drug Products" in "Frontiers in Pharmacology" journal. He has filed 4 device patents and published more than 45 articles, book chapters, and scientific communications related to his proficiency in several peer-reviewed journals. He has delivered > 20 presentations at several international summits.

Dr. Vividha Dhapte-Pawar is working as Associate Professor in department of Pharmaceutics at Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune. Dr. Vividha has worked in novel drug delivery systems, especially nano-formulations, pulmonary medicines, and chemotherapeutics. Dr. Vividha has 02 patent published, 40 international papers and 10 book chapters to her credit. She is a recipient of 6 Gold Medals during her academics as well as at various national competitions along with awards for best oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences. Dr. Vividha is a recipient of AICTE fellowship, Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship, and Ratan Tata Trust Fellowship. Also, she has received research grants, travel grants from UGC, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, and Pune University. She serves as a consultant for, microbial testing, student start-ups and generic medicines in Hospitals.

- Dr. Piyush Pradeep Mehta 目前在印度孟買的 Cipla R&D Centre 擔任全球呼吸系統研發的副經理。Dr. Piyush 在吸入藥物產品領域擁有豐富的經驗。他曾在知名製藥公司如 Cipla R&D 和 Zydus Cadila 工作，並在印度完成了幾個乾粉吸入器 (DPIs) 產品的開發。他因對肺部藥物傳遞領域的貢獻而被選為英國皇家化學學會 (RSC) 的 Newton-Bhabha Fund 研究員（2019-2020）。因其對改良喉部研究的貢獻，他被選為英國「藥物傳遞到肺部會議 (DDL 2020)」的即時報告演講者。他還因對機構創新委員會的貢獻而獲得印度政府人力資源發展部創新小組的表彰（2018-2019）。他曾擔任《Frontiers in Pharmacology》期刊特刊「口服吸入和鼻用藥物產品的進展」的客座編輯。他已申請了 4 項設備專利，並在多個同行評審的期刊上發表了超過 45 篇文章、書籍章節和科學通訊。他在多個國際峰會上發表了超過 20 場演講。

Dr. Vividha Dhapte-Pawar 目前在普那藥學院的製藥學系擔任副教授。Dr. Vividha 專注於新型藥物傳遞系統，特別是納米配方、肺部藥物和化療藥物。她擁有 2 項已發表的專利、40 篇國際論文和 10 篇書籍章節。她在學術和各種國家競賽中獲得了 6 枚金牌，並在國內外會議上獲得最佳口頭和海報報告獎。Dr. Vividha 獲得了 AICTE 獎學金、Dhirubhai Ambani 獎學金和 Ratan Tata Trust 獎學金。此外，她還獲得了來自 UGC、Bharati Vidyapeeth University 和普那大學的研究經費和旅行經費。她擔任微生物測試、學生創業和醫院通用藥物的顧問。