William I. Higuchi
Chairman of the Board and CTO
Business and management
Aciont
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Higuchi is a Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah. He received a B.A. from San Jose University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. Along with graduating more than 100 Ph.D. students, Higuchi has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in the area of pharmaceutics and is a world-renowned leader in the field of drug delivery. Dr. Higuchi is co-founder and Chairman of Lipocine Inc., a lipid based drug delivery company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Higuchi was a co-founder of TheraTech, Inc., and served as Chairman, which is now a subsidiary of Watson Pharmaceuticals. Higuchi has had over 40 years of experience in the research and development of non-invasive therapeutics and medical devices, including over 15 years experience pioneering iontophoretic theories. Dr. Higuchi served as the editor for the International Journal of Pharmaceutics and as the editor of The Journal of Pharmaceutical
Research Interest
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
