Your Partner in Translational Pharmaceutical Research
Pharmaceutical science is a key strategic research area within UniSA with an ERA ranking of 5 (outstanding performance well above world standard). The Pharmaceutical Innovation and Development Group (PIDG), led by Prof Sanjay Garg covers the full spectrum, from basic mechanistic studies to preclinical and clinical product development. Our interdisciplinary research is based on the principles of engagement, innovation, translation and impact. With a patient and partnership-driven approach, PIDG is a one-stop destination for progressing molecules to medicines, ensuring significant savings of time and resources. The team excels in solving difficult product development challenges such as poor solubility, stability, and the need for local and systemic drug targeting. PIDG work closely with several companies developing human and veterinary pharmaceutical, biotechnological, complementary, nutrition and cosmetics products.
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PIDG delivers customised R&D solutions to fulfil your product development requirements from preformulation, formulation, manufacturing (at pilot scale) to technology transfer, and developing alternate formulations for late lifecycle challenges. Our industry engagement is tailored to each collaborator/client with agreed intellectual property (IP) arrangement and can include "fee for service", collaboration, consulting or hybrid models. We specialise in partnerships for generating funding under the joint industry-academia programs such as ARC Linkage and CRC-P programs.
The PIDG team excels in offering the following services to companies developing human and veterinary pharmaceutical, biotechnological, complementary, nutrition, aquaculture and cosmetics products.
PK Studies determine drug behaviour in the animal body and facilitate critical decision making on drug dosage and safety. PIDG provides the full range including protocol design, ethics submission, conduct study using mice or rat model and generate the PK sample analysis data using a fully validated bioanalytical assay to evaluate relevant PK parameters such as bioavailability, distribution, metabolism, and clearance.