Press Releases
Researchers create World’s first ibuprofen patch - delivering pain relief directly through skin
Researchers at the University of Warwick have worked with Coventry-based Medherant, a Warwick spinout company, to produce and patent the World’s first ever ibuprofen patch delivering the drug directly through skin to exactly where it is needed at a consistent dose rate.
Coventry company develops high tech drugs transfer method thanks to Science City project transferring over £265 million to our region
Thans to the Science City Research Alliance Coventry-based bioadhesives company Medherant is building a new business working in hi-tech transdermal drug delivery systems that use specially formulated bioadhesives to provide novel adhesive patch-based products that can deliver drugs through contact with the skin.
Warwick Chemist awarded Newton International Fellowship
Dr Corinna Preuss has been awarded a Newton International Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Warwick’s Department of Chemistry.
Cancer drug 49 times more potent than Cisplatin
Tests have shown that a new cancer drug, FY26, is 49 times more potent than the clinically used treatment Cisplatin.
Based on a compound of the rare precious metal osmium and developed by researchers at the University of Warwick’s Department of Chemistry and the Warwick Cancer Research Unit, FY26 is able to shut down a cancer cell by exploiting weaknesses inherent in their energy generation.
University of Warwick chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize
Dr Adrian Chaplin, from the University of Warwick, is the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize winner for 2015. Dr Chaplin, from New Zealand, is a Royal Society University Research Fellow. The prize recognises the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Researchers put magic spin on protein to tease out its first dance with the tempo set by temperature
The process behind how the molecular components of living organisms start to move has been explained for the first time in new research led by the University of Warwick published by Science and it is an intricate set of dance steps where the tempo is set by temperature.