{"id":1864,"date":"2023-06-02T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T12:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2023-06-02T12:23:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T12:23:11","slug":"soa-researchers-develop-innovative-formulations-for-medical-care-sign-technology-licensing-agreement-with-nrdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=1864","title":{"rendered":"SOA RESEARCHERS DEVELOP INNOVATIVE FORMULATIONS FOR MEDICAL CARE, SIGN TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH NRDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers at Siksha\n\u2018O\u2019 Anusandhan (SOA) here have developed simple, economical and innovative\npharmaceutical formulations to treat various chronic medical conditions for\nwhich the Deemed to be University has signed technology licensing agreement\nwith the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) of the Ministry of\nScience and Technology on Wednesday for societal benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The\nformulations developed are designed to treat dry eye, throat infections and\nmitigate long-term adverse events associated with cancer treatment, Prof.\nGoutam Rath, Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPS), SOA\u2019s\nfaculty of pharmaceutical sciences, and leader of the research team, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The\nresearchers at SOA-DBT BUILDER National Laboratory in SPS created an &nbsp;innovative formulation for people using\nvarious eye drops which contained preservatives. \u201cThe preservatives used\nactually lead to ocular discomfort or at times permanent visual deformities following\nprolonged use,\u201d Prof. Rath said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cOur innovation offers a preservative free long\nlasting artificial tear produce which would reduce the dose and toxic adverse\neffects of preservatives for long term use,\u201d he said adding it would remain\neffective for longer period and the user would not be required to use the drop\nfrequently during the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, the ocular\ndrops used get wasted as hardly ten per cent of a drop is retained. But in this\ncase, the formulation would create a film which would prevent any such loss, he\nsaid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pointing out that the\ngargle medicines presently being prescribed for throat infections had limited\nimpact for about 15 to 30 minutes requiring multiple use to alleviate\ndiscomfort, Prof. Rath said the team had developed a mucoadhesive extended\nrelease gargle spray which offered long term effect of about four hours upon a single\nuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-1-999x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1868\" data-link=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?attachment_id=1868\" class=\"wp-image-1868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-1-999x1024.jpg 999w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-1-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-1-768x787.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The formulation would\nnot only reduce the doses but also improve the drug efficacy, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research team has\nalso developed artificial saliva which can be of great help to cancer patients\nwho are on chemotherapy. The therapy often made the mouth of the patient to go\ndry as the saliva dried up, he said adding a nanotechnology approach was used\nto prepare the fast-dissolving, mucoadhesive thin films which could hold water\nfor long duration and treat inflammation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other members of\nthe research team included Prof. Goutam Ghosh, Professor, Dr. Biswakanth Kar,\nAssociate Professor, Dr. Debasmita Dubey, Research Scientist, Dr. Vineet Kumar\nRai, Project Scientist, Mr. Deepak Pradhan, Senior Project Associate, Dr.\nPriyanka Dash, Assistant Professor, Dr. Chandan Das, Assistant Professor, Mr.\nJitu Haldar and Mr. Tushar Kanti Rajewar, both Junior Research Fellows, Ms. Ivy\nSaha and Ms. Ritu Mohanti, both Ph.D scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Rath said SOA had\nrecently entered into collaboration with Green Jeeva, a global e-commerce\nplatform of natural products, in promoting translational research from bench to\nbedside with focus on India-based manufacturing. \u201cOur team is continuously\nworking in the area of drug delivery, probiotics, natural product,\nnanotechnology, pharmaceutical and food product development for providing safe,\neffective, stable and cost-effective technologies to the end user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOA Vice-Chancellor\nProf. Pradipta Kumar Nanda congratulated Dr. Rath and his team for developing\ntechnologies which could ultimately serve the society. He emphasized the\nimportance of technology transfer, innovation and inter-disciplinary research\nfor developing technologies and transferring them to the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. S. C. Si, Dean of School of Pharmaceutical\nSciences, also expressed his happiness at the achievement of the research team\nand congratulated its members. Prof. Rath said the achievement became possible\nbecause of the impeccable support extended by SOA Founder President Prof. (Dr.)\nManojranjan Nayak in ensuring the procurement of equipment and required\ninfrastructure to conduct research work. \n\nThe SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Nanda on Friday felicitated\nProf. Rath at a function held in the university. It was attended by his team\nmembers, scientists, researchers, deans and senior officials.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Siksha \u2018O\u2019 Anusandhan (SOA) here have developed simple, economical and innovative pharmaceutical formulations to treat various chronic medical conditions for which the Deemed to be University has signed technology licensing agreement with the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) of the Ministry of Science and Technology on Wednesday for societal benefits. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The formulations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}