This institute was established in 1987. It was a continuation of the previous section of Pharmaceutics of the Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. The personnel is still provisional and includes four scientists. The objective of Pharmaceutical Technology is the development and production of medicines, which ensure that the desired properties of the active ingredients are effective, while undesirable side effects are impeded as much as possible.
Pharmaceutical technology is one of the major disciplines of the pharmacy curriculum.
At present, the educational program consists of 15 hours of lessons per week during the academic year. In addition, undergraduate research and doctoral theses are supervised. The main research topics are in the field of solid dosage forms of medicines, such as powders, granules and tablets. A traditional project concerns the theoretical fundamentals of mixing pharmaceutical powders with specific problems due to their cohesive and agglomerating properties. From this basic knowledge, manufacturing operations were developed which guarantee a high uniformity of content.