Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Social Pharmacy

Assoc. prof. Nadia Veleva, PhD

General information about the Department

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Social Pharmacy has appointed ten full-time academic lecturers: four full professors, two associate professors and four assistant professors.

The Department is structured in two sections.

Pharmaceutical Technology

Social Pharmacy

Social Pharmacy

Prof. Toni Vekov, PhD , DSc

Prof. Petkana Hristova, PhD, DSc

Assoc. prof. Nadia Veleva, PhD

Assos. prof. Hristina Lebanova, MPharm, PhD

Chief assist. prof. Joana Simeonova, PhD

Prof. Petkana Hristova, PhD, DSc

Prof. Toni Vekov

Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy

Assos. prof. Hristina Lebanova, MPharm, PhD

Assist. prof. Svetoslav Stoev, PharmD, PhD

Subjects and facilities

Core courses:

Pharmaceutical Technology
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacobotany
Social pharmacy and pharmaceutical legislation
Medical statistics
Pharmaceutical care
Pharmacoeconomics

Optional courses:

Health Technology Assessment
History of Pharmacy
Drug policy
Pharmaceutical marketing
Standards for good practices in the pharmaceutical system
Clinical trials of medicinal products
Procedures for drug registration
Processes and equipment in industrial pharmacy

Experimental laboratories:

Pharmaceutical Technology – 6; Pharmacognosy – 4; Pharmacobotany – 1

Available equipment in Pharmacognosy labs:

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Spectrophotometer; Fume hoods; Microscopes; Laboratory glassware etc.

Available equipment in Pharmaceutical Technology labs:

Mixer and Granulator; Fully Automatic Capsule Filling Machine; Rotary Tablet Press; Forced Convection Oven; Fume Hood; Falling Ball Viscometer; Flowability Tester; Tablet Friability Tester; Tapped Density Tester; Semi-Automatic Hardness Tester; Tablet Disintegration Tester; pH meters; Titration setup; Water Baths; Laminar Flow Hood; Autoclave; Laboratory glassware etc.

Available equipment in Biopharmaceutical Control lab:

Infrared Spectrophotometer; Dissolution Apparatus; Water bath; Laboratory glassware etc.

Research fields:

Pharmaceutical technology

Preparation and modification of polymeric microspheres

Modified-release dosage forms

Biopharmaceutical control

Social Pharmacy

Pharmacovigilance

Pharmacoepidemiology

Health technology assessment

Pharmacoeconomics