Wesley De Jaeghere

Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology

Ottergemsesteenweg 460
B-9000 Gent (Belgium)
Tel.: +32-9-264.80.82

E-mail: Wesley.DeJaeghere@UGent.be
Education: Pharmacist (Master in Drug Development)

The use of polyvinyl alcohol with varying degree of hydrolysis in different pharmaceutical applications

Research is focused on the development of innovative drug dosage forms (mainly solid dosage forms) for human application as well as for veterinary use. These dosage forms are based on pharmaceutical accepted excipients used as such or as mixtures to impart specific drug release properties (immediate, controlled or sustained release) to the formulation.

The main objective of this project is to investigate the use of polyvinyl alcohol with different degree of hydrolysis as excipient in different pharmaceutical applications such as hot-melt extrusion, tableting and extrusion/spheronization.