Under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Associate Professor Dr. Sarmed H. Kathum Alkhateeb, the Scientific Affairs Unit at the University of Baghdad/College of Pharmacy, held an in-person scientific seminar entitled “Terpesomes as a Pharmaceutical Vesicle: Applications, Innovations, and Opportunities,” delivered by pharmacist Zainab Mohammed Hameed, the MSc student in the Pharmaceutics Department. The seminar aimed to identify the terpesome as an innovative nanovesicle, their applications, and the challenges that faced the pharmaceutical industry in adopting such an approach. The seminar included several topics, including highlighting nanovesicles since their discovery and changes and advances that were performed by researchers to improve and modify the liposomes entrapment efficiency and passage through the skin layers, explaining the role of naturally occurring terpenes in the modeling of terpesomes and their major role in enhancing drug delivery through the transdermal route depending on the terpenes ability to deform the nanovesicles to cross through the skin layers, and besides that, the process of terpesomes preparation at the lab employing two methods, thin film hydration and vortexing technique, was clarified. The seminar concluded with the opportunities that await such technology along with the challenges that pharmaceutical manufacturers must address to promote the nanovesicular approach as a promising technology to deliver drugs effectively and enhance patients’ complaints by tailoring drug delivery according to their needs, maximizing efficacy, and minimizing production costs.

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