24 Corporate Vision / Technology Innovator Awards 2017 , Best Pharmaceutical Technology Academic 2017 - Spain University of Navarra (UNAV) is a private non-profit Spanish higher education establishment withmore than 13,000 students in 6 campuses: Pamplona, San Sebastian, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich and NewYork. We invited JuanM. Irache to talk us through the University’s work in pharmaceutical technology. Juan’s group of research “Nanomedicines and vaccines” (NANO-VAC) is ascribed to the School of Pharmacy in the Biomedicine campus of University of Navarra (UNAV), located at Pamplona (Spain).Within NANO-VAC, the main axes of research are related with the design and evaluation of nanocarriers (e.g. polymer nanoparticles, SNEDDS, protein nanodevices) for the delivery of drugs, actives and biomacromolecules through biological barriers, and the development of new mucosal adjuvants for vaccination and immunotherapy. Juan discusses the work his team have undertaken over recent years and how it has created innovative scope for further research. “Currently two types of nanocarrier platforms, based on GRAS proteins, are offered thanks to our work over recent years. The first one is based on the use of food proteins (e.g., casein from milk, zein from corn) that may be prepared in aqueous environments and presented as dry powder. The procedures are well proofed at lab and pilot scale and now are being scaled-up for commercial and industrial purposes. These patented nanodevices are particularly suited for oral delivery of biologically active compounds (e.g., drugs, nutraceutical compounds, bioactives, biologicals, etc.). The second one includes a set of nanoparticles based on human serum albumin (patent pending) for parenteral delivery of biomacromolecules and that can be easily decorated for targeting purposes.” TechnologyOne creates solutions that transform business and make life simple for its customers by providing powerful, deeply integrated enterprise software that is incredibly easy to use. Over 1,000 leading corporations, government departments and statutory authorities are powered by this innovative software. Roger explains how this software sets the firm apart from its competitors and marks it out as the best possible option for its clients. “What sets us apart is that TechnologyOne is one of very few companies globally offering true enterprise SaaS via multi-tenanted software, in a single-tenant database. While some of our competitors offer multi-tenanted architecture, the data is also multi-tenanted, which means all customers’ data is stored together, posing a huge security risk. Most multinational enterprise software providers do not build their software in this way or operate by completely re-engineering their software on a regular basis as TechnologyOne does. We are also the first enterprise software provider to deliver adaptive design into its core software. Other enterprise vendors promote adaptive software, but simply offer it as a front end ‘skin’ for casual users of the software. “While many software vendors claim to be cloud suppliers they are simply hosting software on infrastructure, offering no real technology benefits over on premise or hosted solutions. Vendors who take the “dirty hosting” or “fake cloud” approach cannot provide the economies of scale afforded by true cloud.” Moving forward, TechnologyOne remains focused on continuing to develop and adapt its solutions to meet the ever evolving needs of its clients, as Roger concludes. “Through our investment in innovation and creativity via R&D we continue to stay ahead of emerging developments. In fact, TechnologyOne has the largest Australian commercial owned software R&D centre, with a dedicated team of over 300 developers. “Each year 20% of revenue is invested into the R&D programme, far exceeding competitors with an average 12%. Ongoing investment in product development not only enables TechnologyOne to remain ahead of the competition but means that customers benefit from continuous modernisation and innovation of technology and solutions. This will enable us to remain at the forefront of the latest industry innovations and ensure that we continue to offer clients the very highest standards of service as we look towards the future.” Best Enterprise SaaS Provider 2017 TechnologyOne is Australia’s largest enterprise software company, with offices across six countries including England, Scotland, New Zealand andMalaysia. We invited Roger Phare, UKOperating Officer at TechnologyOne, to tell us more. Company: University of Navarra Contact: Juan M. Irache Contact Email:
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[email protected] Looking to the future, Juan is excited about the developments for his team as he outlines their ongoing focuses. “Moving forward, we will continue to expand our capacities and research in pharmaceutical delivery platforms to identify the best solutions to improve the quality of life of patients. We believe that this idea will facilitate the attraction and training of brilliant professionals; leaders whose advances leave a mark on society and who contribute to the development of a knowledge-based economy.”