Doorthy Saville
Department of clinical pharmacy
New Zealand Pharmaceuticals
New Zealand
Biography
Clinical Professor, School of pharmacy, Otogo University. In order to improve oral bioavailability of drugs with poor aqueous solubility, an amorphous form or a metastable polymorph may be used. These forms, however, have a risk of either crystallising (amorphous) or changing to a more stable polymorph with loss of oral bioavailability. Research focuses on factors influencing the stability of the amorphous form or the metastable polymorphic form. Current projects in this area include: the stability of amorphous drug upon milling the formulation of amorphous suspensions
Research Interest
His main research interests include Solid state pharmaceutics, Formulation and drug delivery Pharmacokinetics, and drug metabolism
