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Opportunity knocks ▶️ “A SweDeliver summer internship is an experience that opens up completely new doors” says Nil Plana Montserrat, who, after completing six weeks in the Strike Pharma lab has accepted an offer to extend his employment ✅ “Nil is a great addition to the team, and his contributions continue to play an important role in our ongoing projects” says Rosanne Veerman, Senior Scientist at Strike Pharma ✅ Read full story ➡️ https://www.uu.se/en/centre/swedeliver/news/archive/meet-swedeliver-summer-intern-nil-plana-montserrat

Pediatric Progress ▶️ In a new study, researchers at SweDeliver show that 3D-printed, pediatric-dose carvedilol tablets can provide promising drug absorption, supported by a lipid-based formulation ✅ With these results, the team takes another step in their ongoing work to enable 3D-printed, personalised drugs for children 💊 We congratulate Lidia Habtemikael • Christel Bergström • Lingxiao Li • Aleksei Kabedev • Mingjun Wu • Mattias Paulsson et al on an impressive piece of work, now published in the Journal of Controlled Release ➡️ https://www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S0168365926007042

Peptide progress ▶️ In a new SweDeliver thesis, Prosper Emeh presents findings on how permeation enhancers can improve peptide transport across the intestinal wall – paving the way towards tablet-based peptide drugs 2.0 💊 Join 9 October at 13:15 at Uppsala University Main Building, hall IV • With supervisor Christel Bergström and Opponent Stephen Buckley (Novo Nordisk) • Read full article ▶️ https://www.uu.se/en/centre/swedeliver/news/archive/new-phd-thesis-provides-insights-into-peptides-and-permeation-enhancers

Very Important Progress 🚀 The Faculty congratulates Mingjun Wu • Lidia Habtemikael • Ellen Brunzell and several other SweDeliver researchers on publishing new findings that contribute knowledge to research and current challenges in 🍏 Learn more about these & more advances ▶️ https://www.uu.se/en/centre/swedeliver/news/archive/important-research-advances-at-swedeliver-in-2026

Save The Date ▶️ At SweDeliver half-time seminar "Subcutaneous administration of biotherapeutics", PhD student Anton Norberg presents his work developing in vitro models to enable animal-free, qualitative predictions of the bioavailability & absorption rate of injected and drugs ✅ With expert panel: Simon Bjerregaard (Ferring Pharmaceuticals), Sara Mangsbo & Erik Sjögren (Uppsala University) • Join Wednesday 23 September, 10.15 at BMC, Hall C8:305 or online via Zoom ⏰ Learn more ⏩ https://www.uu.se/en/centre/swedeliver/news/archive/half-time-seminar-subcutaneous-administration-of-biotherapeutics

Full House ▶️ On 26–27 August, SweDeliver and hosted the Workshop on Introduction to Physiologically Based Modelling in Drug Development at Uppsala's Biomedical Center ✅

With a first-rate lineup of speakers – incl. Erik Sjögren, Moriah Pellowe and Paul Vrenken ( ) • Adam Darwich (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) • Eva Karlsson (AstraZeneca) • David Dahlgren (LINK Medical) • Christer Tannergren (Certara) • Nikoletta Fotaki (University of Bath) – the workshop brought together participants from across Europe for two days of learning & discussion 🌍

A BIG thank you to our organising committee Shakhawath Hossain, Ilse Dubbelboer and Tommaso Casalini for their much-appreciated work 💖

Meet a new generation of experts ⏩ “I am so grateful for this opportunity to experience a summer of frontline research at ” says Christina Ioannou , one of six highly qualified master’s students selected for SweDeliver Internship 2026 ✅ She is joined by Sofia Hedberg (Meribel Pharma Solutions) • Nil Plana Montserrat (Strike Pharma AB) • Johannes Schwarz (Disruptive Pharma) • Yufan Yao (Janssen) • Derya Özsökmen Hick (AstraZeneca) 💊 “This group of students has profiles” state Caroline Fronczak Alvebratt and Christel Bergström at Uppsala University ✅ Read full story ➡️ https://www.uu.se/en/centre/swedeliver/news/archive/swedeliver-presents-summer-interns-2026

Top Notch 🚀 With 147 high-quality applications from across Europe, interest in the SweDeliver summer internships hits an all-time high ✅ “Our vision is to become a world leader in drug delivery, and the fact that we attract Europe's top master's students confirms that we are on the right track,” says Caroline Alvebratt and Christel Bergström at Uppsala University ✅ “Our experience of welcoming SweDeliver interns are entirely positive, and it is a natural choice to continue into summer 2026” adds Pegah Nabavi, Head of Formulation Development at Meribel Pharma Solutions 👍 Learn more ⏩ https://www.uu.se/en/department/medicinal-chemistry/faculty-of-pharmacy/news/archive/swedeliver-summer-internship-attracts-europes-top-masters-students

SweDeliver Congratulates 💐 Our new PhD Anna Simonsson who just delivered an inspiring defense of her thesis From Material Properties to Aerosolisation Propensity of Adhesive Mixtures for Inhalation ✅ Hats also off to supervisors Göran Alderborn, Göran Frenning (Uppsala University) and Tobias Bramer (AstraZeneca) 🎩 BIG thank-yous to Opponent Stefan Ulvenlund (Lund University) and our examining committee for much-appreciated contributions ❤️ Read Thesis ▶️ https://www.uu.se/en/centre/swedeliver/events/archive/swedeliver-dissertation-anna-simonsson