Institut für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Biopharmazie
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr. 1
40225  Düsseldorf
Germany

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Prof. Kleinebudde studied Pharmacy at the Universities of Regensburg and Hamburg and received his German 'Approbation' as a pharmacist in 1983. He received his Ph.D. from the University Kiel in 1987. He then spent some years at Glaxo GmbH, Germany, in Pharmaceutical Development and Bulk Production. Between 1991 and 1997 he worked as research scientist at the University Kiel and received the German 'Habilitation' for his work on pellets. During a stay at the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy he was appointed as associate professor at the University Halle-Wittenberg in 1998. In 2003 he was nominated as full professor at the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf.

He is a member of AAPS, APV, DPhG, VDI-GVC, DECHEMA and GDNÄ. Since 2002 he is president of the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology (APV). Prof. Kleinebudde is a member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, The AAPS Journal and Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. In 2004 he was elected as AAPS Fellow. He is a deputy member of the German Pharmacopoeia Commission and deputy chair of the expert group Pharmaceutical Technology. Since 2006 he is a member of the Powder Working Party of the European Pharmacopoeia.

His main research interests are solid dosage forms, especially for the pediatric population; roll compaction/ dry granulation; extrusion; pellets; functional excipients and coating processes. He has published about 80 peer reviewed papers, about 150 abstracts and conference proceedings and has given more than 100 invited lectures.

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