Month: December 2017

Double Strike for the Alkaline Earth Metal Hydrides

Apart from MgH2, which is widely investigated for its hydrogen storage properties, alkaline earth metal hydrides are generally of no interest. The salt CaH2 reacts vigorously with water but is in contrast to other metal hydrides like LiAlH4 fully inert towards most organics. This is primarily due to...

Excursion to BIONORICA SE (Neumarkt i. d. Opf.)

On Monday 21th December 2017, the Division of Pharmaceutics and half of the current students made an excursion to BIONORICA SE at Neumarkt i. d. Oberpfalz. We enjoyed different interesting lectures about the company itself, preclinical and clinical research and last but not least pharmaceutical d...

Excursion to Dr. C. SOLDAN GmbH (Adelsdorf)

At 04th of December 2017 the Division of Pharmaceutics organized an excursion to Dr. C. SOLDAN GmbH in Adelsdorf. The students who attend our practical training (Station Solida) had the possibility to get an insight into the history and structure of the company. Beside guided tours through the...

International Workshop at the Technology Training Center in Binzen: Scale-up and process optimization in oral solid dose manufacturing

From 28th to 30th of November Pia Hiltl and Christina Rödel participated in an international workshop at the Technology Training Center (TTC) of Glatt® in Binzen. The topic was highly interesting: “Scale-up and process optimization in oral solid dose manufacturing”. Next to lectures of speakers f...