Otsuka joins Alexion, Astrazeneca, ATS Scientific Products, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Gilead Sciences, Glaxosmithkline, Lilly, Roquette, and Sanofi on the CPPR Industrial Advisory Board.  We look forward to Otsuka’s participation in our quest to advance pharmaceutical processing. The funds that Otsuka has committed to CPPR research are pooled with those of the other member companies.  The funds support rigorous academic research into industrially relevant pharmaceutical processing research at the CPPR academic sites, with mentorship from representatives from CPPR companies.

Kinnari Arte from the lab of Professor Tony Zhou at Purdue University received the graduate student award for excellence in research at the Respiratory Drug Delivery Conference in Tucson, Arizona in May.  Kinnari presented “Impact of L-leucine on Stability and Aerosol Performance of Dry Powder Protein Formulations”.