News

2026.01.23

Developing a new research area: amorphous engineering

Associate Professor Inês Catarina Batista Martins has been awarded DKK 7 million from the Carlsberg…

Innovation

2025.12.16

The UCPH spin-out company Sonohaler invents a new inhaler for respiratory patients

SUND researchers have co- developed a new dry powder inhaler for respiratory patients, where the…

Grants:

2025.11.06

Developing advanced mass spectrometry imaging techniques for visualizing peptide drugs

Independent Research Fund Denmark funds a DFF1 project about new MSI techniques for visualizing…

Pharma Collaboration

2025.09.22

Official opening of ESS Lighthouse

CaIFF is a collaboration between UCPH and Aarhus University with backing from the Technical…

Pharma Collaboration

2025.08.27

One of the largest Nordic academic pharma events

More than 200 researchers from the Nordic countries were gathered in the final annual meeting for…

ISOTOPES

2025.08.07

Chemical detective work could be the solution to stolen and repackaged medicine

Medicines have a unique chemical fingerprint. Researchers say this knowledge can be used to trace…

Pharma Innovation

2025.06.17

Lauritz Brorsen wins AI Award for innovative skin cancer project

Postdoc Lauritz Brorsen recently won the AI Award at the AI and Pharmacology – now and in the futur…

Pharma Research

2025.05.09

Bjarne Styrishave, our new professor of drug toxicology

Bjarne Styrishave is now professor at Department of Pharmacy, where he is group leader of the…

Pharma research

2025.03.25

Anan Yaghmur is new Professor at IF

As of 1 April, Anan Yaghmur is Professor of Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry, Self-Assembly…

Award

2025.03.21

“A key figure in rethinking pharmaceutical education” – Tommy Nørskov Johansen receives the Danish Pharmaceutical Society’s Gol

On Tuesday 18 March, Chairman of the Danish Pharmaceutical Society Christian Bernstein Rubek…

Pharma Research

2025.02.27

Marco Polimeni receives Marie Curie grant

Postdoc Marco Polimeni has received the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant of 2 mill DKK for the…

Pharma Research

2025.02.27

Disordered drugs with high solubility are the aim of Marie Curie Fellow

Leonard Siebert has received 1.5 mill DKK from the EU in the prestigious Marie Curie Postdoctoral…

Pharma Research

2025.01.31

New project will investigate fast processes in protein phase transition connected to Parkinson’s disease

Professor Vito Foderà has received 3.4 mill DKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the project…

2025.01.21

Morten Lindow is the new Head of Center for Pharmaceutical Data Science Education

As per February 1, Center for Pharmaceutical Data Science Education welcomes Morten Lindow as the…

Grant

2025.01.21

New research lighthouse to focus on developing better food and medicine

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University receive DKK 39.4 million to…

Pharma News

2024.12.17

Anette Müllertz receives DNA’s Industripris 2024

DNA, Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Akademi (Denmark’s Science Academy), has awarded Professor Anette…

GRANTS

2024.12.12

Diversity in research strengthened by millions in funding for female researchers

Six female SUND researchers receive a total of 18 million for new research. In addition to…

PSORIASIS

2024.11.12

Researchers develop nanofiber patch for treatment of psoriasis

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a patch for easier and more effective…

Pharma Research

2024.10.30

New mass spectrometry imaging equipment is among the world's most sensitive

The Waters Xevo TQ Absolute is equipped with a DESI-XS ion source and is now residing in the…

Pharma Research

2024.10.24

Professor Ben Boyd receives the Dale E. Wurster Research Award

The prestigious award is given by AAPS, American Association of Pharmaceutical Science, to recogniz…

Pharma Education

2024.10.01

Graduation Ceremony 2024

Last Friday, graduates from our PharmaSchool educations were invited to a celebration of their new…

PHARMA

2024.08.27

New center will future-proof education of experts to Danish life science

University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark are leading a new center that will…

Pharma Research

2024.08.02

Neural network solves crystallographic problem

A team of researchers from Department of Pharmacy have successfully shown how a neural network can…

Pharma Education

2024.06.19

Pharmacy students celebrated last exams with their fiery tradition

This Monday, PharmaSchool’s students said goodbye to their bachelor's program with their unique…

Pharma Research

2024.05.31

New project will examine the surface properties of drug polyAmorphs

The project “Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of surface and bulk mobility in structurally…

Pharma Education

2024.04.25

Teacher of the Year 2023: Anders Østergaard Madsen

Anders Østergaard Madsen has been named “Teacher of the Year 2023” by the students.

Pharma Research

2024.04.17

Our LEO Foundation Center's strategic review approved: What did the panel say?

LEO Foundation Center for Cutaneous Drug Delivery at IF has been subject to a strategic review by a…

Green medicine

2024.03.26

Waste products could innovate pharmaceutical material design

Research highlights the potential for utilizing molecules extracted from side stream products in…

Pharma Research

2024.02.29

Identifying and tracing fake drugs

Else Holmfred from IF is postdoc at Stanford University where she develops methods, not only to…

Pharma Research

2024.01.31

Reducing the use of antibiotics in Kenyan food production

The Toxicology and Drug Metabolism Group has recently received 10 mill DKK from Danida for a new…

Pharma Education

2024.01.31

Susan Weng Larsen Head of PharmaSchool

Associate Professor Susan Weng Larsen is the new Head of PharmaSchool from 1 March 2024.

Pharma Research

2023.12.15

Innovative drug delivery method for eczema treatments

Assistant Professor Stine Rønholt from the LEO Foundation Center for Cutaneous Drug Delivery has…

Pharma Research

2023.12.04

Investigating structures of nanocrystals

3D electron diffraction is a rapidly evolving technology that lets researchers examine the atomic…

Pharma Research

2023.11.30

Better counselling at pharmacies of citizens with anxiety and depression

The new research project “How should we talk about medicine?” has just received 5.7 mill DKK from…

2023.11.29

UCPH part of the new consortium, NordicPharmaTrain

Ten Nordic universities have entered the consortium “Nordic Pharmaceutical Translation and…

Pharma News

2023.11.23

Our two new Professors in Social Pharmacy: Susanne Kaae and Lotte Stig Nørgaard

Last Friday we celebrated our two new professors in social pharmacy here at Department of Pharmacy,…

Pharma News

2023.11.13

Celebrating our new Professor Vito Foderà

Thursday November 9 we celebrated Vito Foderà’s inauguration as Professor here at Department of…

Pharma Research

2023.10.30

Professor Ben Boyd named AAPS Fellow

Professor Ben Boyd was recently named AAPS Fellow, an honorary title in AAPS, American Society of…

Pharma Research

2023.09.29

Inhaled nanomedicines can help chronic respiratory infections

Associate Professor Mingshi Yang has received 2.8 mill DKK from DFF for the project “Inhaled…

Pharma Research

2023.09.27

Martin Malmsten part of new Center of Excellence

The new international Center of Excellence, COMMONS - Commonalities in Membrane Molecular…

2023.09.26

Petrine Wellendorph new Head of Programme for DRA

Professor Petrine Wellendorph has been appointed Head of Programme for Drug Research Academy from…

Pharma PhD

2023.08.24

DRA Summer School 2023

This week nearly 130 PhD students attended the summer school, the annual two day’s event arranged b…

Pharma Research

2023.06.29

Medical treatment of fatty liver may be possible thanks to omega-3 fatty acid nanoparticles

Non-alcoholic fatty liver is a widespread disease because of the common occurrences of obesity and…

2023.06.29

Susanne Kaae new Professor at IF

Susanne Kaae is now Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, where she has been a greatly…

2023.06.27

Vito Foderà new Professor at IF

Vito Foderà has been appointed Professor here at Department of Pharmacy, where he has been a…

2023.06.27

Our new Professor, Lotte Stig Nørgaard

Lotte Stig Nørgaard was recently appointed Professor in Social and Clinical Pharmacy at Department…

2023.06.22

Professor Martin Malmsten elected as Fellow of EurASc

European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) recently elected Martin Malmsten as Fellow, a nomination…

2023.05.17

New Head of the Department of Pharmacy: “Our target is a world-leading position”

As of 15 June, Jukka Rantanen is Head of the Department of Pharmacy. Jukka enters the position with…

Pharma Research

2023.04.27

Federica Sebastiani is new Tenure Track Assistant Professor

At Department of Pharmacy, Federica Sebastiani has recently become tenure track assistant professor…

Pharma Outreach

2023.04.26

”Medicinens Verden” – the World of Medicine, our new series of talks

Medicinens Verden is a new initiative will bring the exciting world of our research to people…

Pharma Collaboration

2023.03.31

Two Honorary Professors at IF

Two new Honorary Professors here at Department of Pharmacy: Professor Shane Desselle and Professor…

Pharma Research

2023.03.29

IF receives the distinguished Marie-Curie postdoctoral Fellowship

Postdoc Seref Akay has received the highly competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral…

VILLUM Young Investigator

2023.02.02

Protein behavior in synthetic cells

Proteins may lose their normal function and lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s…

Pharma Innovation

2023.01.26

A more efficient technology for oromucosal drug delivery

The project SAFE Patch recently received 1.5 mill DKK from the Innovation Fund Denmark’s…

Pharma Research

2022.12.23

The proteins of Parkinson’s disease – a new project will give us a better understanding

Associate Professor Vito Foderà has received 2 mill DKK from Novo Nordisk Foundation for the projec…

Pharma Research

2022.12.21

New project will design 3D microfluidic chips for cancer therapy

Associate Professor Anan Yaghmur has received 2.9 mill DKK from Novo Nordisk Foundation for the…

2022.12.14

Professor Camilla Foged appointed as Member for the mRNAVAC WP

Camilla Foged has been appointed Member of the mRNAVAC Working Party by the European Pharmacopoeia…

Pharma Spin-out

2022.11.28

Zerion Pharma, a successful spin-out from our research environment

Zerion Pharma is a growing company with patents and technology that have been developed mostly by…

Pharma Research

2022.10.28

New insights into the growth of protein self-assembled structures

A study in Nature Communications Biology has identified a novel growth pathway for pathological…

Pharma PhD

2022.09.06

DRA Summer School about research, career and diversity

The Drug Research Academy (DRA) summer school took place 25-26 August 2022. This year, 115 PhD…

Pharma Research

2022.08.16

Redesigning mRNA vaccines with new project

Professor Camilla Foged from Department of Pharmacy has received one mill. DKK from Novo Nordisk…

2022.07.19

Stine Harloff-Helleberg is now Tenure track Assistant Professor

Recently, Stine Harloff-Helleberg has been employed as Tenure track Assistant Professor at the LEO…

2022.07.19

Ramune Jacobsen is now Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy has employed Ramune Jacobsen as Associate Professor in the Social and…

2022.07.19

Esben Trabjerg is now Tenure track Assistant Professor

The Department of Pharmacy has recently employed Esben Trabjerg as Tenure track Assistant Professor…

Appointments

2022.06.08

Thomas Rades is Honorary Doctor at University of Helsinki

At the end of May, Professor Thomas Rades from Department of Pharmacy was appointed as Honorary…

Appointment

2022.04.26

Daniel Bar-Shalom appointed as Fellow of CRS, Controlled Release Society

The Controlled Release Society, CRS, has inducted Associate Professor Daniel Bar-Shalom to the…

Professor inauguration

2022.03.07

Professor Ben Boyd, our new expert in self-assembled materials

Friday 25th of February, the Department of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences…

2022.01.12

The School-Medicine-Theme Day – a new educational activity in primary schools

Can primary school children read and understand a patient information leaflet? Can they identify…