{"id":25075,"date":"2013-02-26T11:44:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T17:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=25075"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:29:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:29:30","slug":"um-professor-becomes-fellow-of-american-association-of-pharmaceutical-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-professor-becomes-fellow-of-american-association-of-pharmaceutical-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Professor Becomes Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Mitchell (left), president of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, presents UM pharmacy professor Mike Repka with a memento of his being named a fellow of the AAPS.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 A University of Mississippi pharmacy professor<\/a> has been elected a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists for his pioneering work on hot-melt extrusion, a technology that is shaping advanced manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n

Michael A. Repka, professor and chair of pharmaceutics, was nominated for fellowship status by a retired pharmaceutical industry executive.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis vision for using hot-melt extrusion helped shape the industry\u2019s view of the technology\u201d and \u201cthrust it into the forefront to change the paradigm of pharmaceutical manufacturing,\u201d said Michael J. Akers, Baxter BioPharma Solutions\u2019 retired senior director of pharmaceutical research and development.<\/p>\n

The UM pharmacy professor\u2019s advances in hot-melt extrusion technology appear in 15 peer-reviewed articles, of which he is primary author, \u201cin almost as many different journals,\u201d Akers said. \u201cToday, almost without exception, any publication dealing with hot-melt extrusion will cite one or more of Dr. Repka\u2019s publications.\u201dRepka is editing a book on using the technology in drug formulation design and development for release at AAPS\u2019s November 2013 annual meeting.<\/p>\n

AAPS confers fellowship status upon those exhibiting \u201csuperior and distinguished\u201d professional achievement and contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences and honors them at its annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C. A release announcing the organization\u2019s 10 newest fellows said that formulating, stabilizing and developing new methods for delivering poorly soluble drugs also are important aspects of Repka\u2019s research.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Repka has made significant contributions in a variety of formulation and drug-delivery fields (e.g., nose-to-brain, transdermal, transcorneal, transmucosal and intranasal),\u201d Akers said. \u201cHis work on drug delivery through the human nail resulted in the granting of a U.S. patent. He also holds three other U.S. patents and has several in submission.\u201d<\/p>\n

One is for a transnail patch to deliver antifungal drugs through the nail bed to treat fungal infections. The patch is processed using hot-melt extrusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of advantages to using hot-melt extrusion technology,\u201d Repka said. \u201cIt\u2019s a simple process in which drugs can be extruded into a film and die-cut into desired sizes. It\u2019s also more environmentally friendly and entails less equipment, so it\u2019s more cost-efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Repka \u201chas another impressive major achievement in entrepreneurship,\u201d said Anthony J. Hickey, inhalation therapeutics program leader of the Center for Aerosol and Nanomaterials Engineering at RTI International in Research Triangle Park, N.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has founded two pharmaceutical companies and is chief executive officer of one (Mikkur Inc.),\u201d Hickey said. \u201cAnd he continues to consult for the pharmaceutical industry and other groups, leveraging his expertise to contribute to their success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Repka is North American editor for the Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, associate editor of AAPS PharmSciTech journal, chair-elect of the organization\u2019s 4,200-member Formulation Design and Development Section and serves on several editorial advisory boards.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike is a recognized thought leader and lends his reputation and services to a range of societies and editorial boards,\u201d Hickey said. \u201cHe demonstrates excellence in all of his endeavors and will serve as a model for future generations of pharmaceutical scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n

That excellence has been recognized many times during Repka\u2019s career. In 2008, he received the New Investigator Award at the National IDeA (Institutional Development Awards) Symposium for his work on a transmucosal patch, which delivers THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive ingredient in Cannabis) into the bloodstream, so patients don\u2019t have to smoke marijuana or take a pill to obtain the drug\u2019s medicinal benefits. The work was funded, in part, by a National Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant awarded by NIH\u2019s National Institute of General Medical Sciences through its IDeA program.<\/p>\n

Also in 2008, Repka received the Researcher of the Year Award from the American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists. In 2005, he won the J. Morita Investigator Award for Geriatric Oral Research and First Prize for Oral Presentation at the 83rd General Session and Exhibition of the International Association of Dental Research.<\/p>\n

Since he became chair of UM\u2019s Department of Pharmaceutics, it has increased its graduate student enrollment from five to 30 (95 percent of them are Ph.D. students), and its Ph.D. graduates have been hired for jobs in industry, academia and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The department also has garnered more than $4 million in external funding, which included a gift from an alumnus last year to create the Pii Center for Pharmaceutical Technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has already increased our exposure worldwide, which was one of my goals upon coming to Ole Miss,\u201d Repka said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted Dr. Repka has been elected an AAPS fellow,\u201d said David D. Allen, dean of the School of Pharmacy. \u201cMike\u2019s work is pivotal to our mission of improving health through advances in the pharmaceutical sciences and sharing those advances with industry and our students. We look forward to his continued leadership and contributions to our teaching and research programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Becoming an AAPS fellow \u201cis one of the highest honors someone in my profession can achieve during his or her career,\u201d Repka said. \u201cI look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues, students and others to advance drug formulation design, development and processing.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the UM School of Pharmacy<\/a>, or call 662-915-7265.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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