The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IPS) was established upon approval of the UP Board of Regents in October 1998 as a research and service unit advancing pharmaceutical sciences in support of national health priorities. The IPS operates across four core areas: Drug Design and Discovery; Formulation Design and Pharmaceutical Technology; Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Studies; and Regulatory Sciences. Its interdisciplinary research spans antimicrobial discovery, probiotics and natural products, drug delivery systems, pharmaceutical analysis, and pharmacovigilance. Through training and extension services, the IPS strengthens regulatory practice, medicines quality assurance, and local pharmaceutical research and manufacturing capacity toward a resilient and self-reliant health sector.
Date of Approval
October 29, 1998
A. Training Programs
1. Webinars for the IPS Research Hour that focus on drug design and discovery, formulation design and pharmaceutical technology, pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics, and regulatory science
2. Training on model-based product stability testing
3. Training on pharmacovigilance
4. Training of interns, college students, faculty, and industry practitioners:
⠀⠀a. Potency assay of pharmaceutical products (analytical testing)
⠀⠀b. Drug design and discovery (microbiology and natural products)
⠀⠀c. Quality-by-design-guided design and development of drug delivery systems
⠀⠀d. Dissolution testing (Single– and multiple–time point, and comparative dissolution profiling)
⠀⠀e. Use of instruments for pharmaceutical research
B. Technical Assistance/Consultancy
1. Analytical testing services (potency assay) for pharmaceutical products
2. Natural product processing (extraction, freeze-drying)
3. In vitro pharmacological testing
4. Ethical, legal, social and health systems impact assessment consultancy
5. Microbial limit testing service/ antimicrobial assay
6. Quality-by-design-guided design and development of drug delivery systems
7. Dissolution test consultancy
8. In vivo behavioral testing
9. Instruments for pharmaceutical research