Panjab University’s ICMR doctoral research fellow at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Sheetu Wadhwa, has been awarded with “Budding Nano-medicine Scientist Award”.
Wadhwa has been awarded for her work on “Development of Safe, Effective and Stable Delivery System for Retinoids using Biocompatible Nano-systems” at a conference organized by Select Biosciences India on Nanomedicine at Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza, New Delhi.
Retinoids is used for treating the acne and some other skin disease. The effectiveness of the drug has increased from 3 to 4 fold, while the toxicity has been reduced to 2 to 3 times.
The work has been filed for the patent and the industry has also shown interest in commercialising this product for marketing purposes. She is working under the supervision of UIPS Prof. OP Katare and Prof. Bhupinder Singh Bhoop.