27th EUFEPS Talks

We want to invite you to the 27th EUFEPS Talks on April 20, 2026 at 4 pm CEST.

Lynne Taylor will give a talk with the title: "Amorphous Drug Delivery – Past, Present and Future".

Abstract:

Penicillin and warfarin were among the first amorphous drugs dosed to patients over 75 years ago. At this time, amorphous drugs were considered unfavorable forms for development and commercialization since they were difficult to purify. Fast forward to 2026 and there are more than fifty commercial formulations containing amorphous drugs, with many more in development. In this seminar, I will discuss why amorphous formulations have become so vital for the oral delivery of contemporary drugs.  Recent mechanistic insight into release from amorphous solid dispersions, which consist of an amorphous drug molecularly blended with a suitable polymer, will be showcased. In particular, phase separation and its role in drug release and in vivo performance will be considered. Risks and benefits of amorphous drug delivery systems will be described with case studies. Finally, emerging challenges will be considered.

CV of Lynne Taylor:

Lynne S. Taylor is the Retter Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy in the Department of Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Purdue University.  Prior to moving to academia, she spent several years working at AstraZeneca in Sweden developing new drugs. Lynne received a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree with First Class Honours from the University of Bath in the UK.  Her PhD was undertaken at the University of Bradford, UK, in the area of Pharmaceutical Technology. After her PhD, Lynne was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research in Lynne’s group is directed toward exploring the science underlying the preformulation, formulation and manufacturing of drugs and other bioactive substances, with a particular focus on poorly water-soluble compounds. She has published more than 390 peer reviewed articles.  Lynne has received a number of awards including the Coblentz Society Craver Award in Applied Vibrational Spectroscopy (2014), the Ebert prize for the best manuscript in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2012, 2025), the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student mentor (2019), the Dale E. Wurster Research Award (2020) and the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy Citation of Merit Award (2024). Lynne is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, holds an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University, and is editor-in-chief of the American Chemical Society journal, Molecular Pharmaceutics.

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