Prof. Dr. Hans Lennernäs

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPharmacy,Gastroenterology
KeywordsGastrointestinal absorption, Biopharmaceutics, Drug Targeting, Cancer drug delivery, Translation

Current contact address

CountrySweden
CityUppsala
InstitutionUppsala University
InstituteDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences

Host during sponsorship

Start of initial sponsorship02/09/2022

Program(s)

2022Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Lennernäs is an internationally recognized pharmaceutical scientist with a strong interest in translational pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic research topics addressing drug treatment needs. His work on human intestinal permeability determination and the development of the biopharmaceutical classification scheme represents a milestone in this field. It includes the classification of drugs into four biopharmaceutics classes based on permeability and solubility and has received world-wide attention in regulatory sciences for drug products. In Germany, he continues his work on Chemotherapeutics-induced mucositis relevant for cancer patients dosed with chemotherapeutics and its prevention