Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform

The Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) is in the heart of drug delivery research in South Africa with a dynamic foundation for highest postgraduate scientific training and innovation in drug delivery. It is centered on the core principals which takes into account the responsibility of maintaining a position of global competitiveness in drug delivery intellectual property generation.

The WADDP currently has several superior patented technologies with an extensive technology pipeline and is well connected with various local and international institutions as well as the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Who is the WADDP?

• WADDP was funded by the Technology Innovation Agency of South Africa for R11.6M → launched March 2007 for developing commercializable drug delivery technologies.
• The Director, Professor Viness Pillay was awarded a National Research Foundation-Department of Science and Technology South African Research Chair in “Pharmaceutical Biomaterials Polymer- Engineered Drug Delivery Technologies” at the Tier 1 Level.
• The WADDP is in the heart of drug delivery research in South Africa with a dynamic foundation for highest postgraduate scientific training and innovation in drug delivery.
• It is centered around core principals that takes into account the responsibility of maintaining a position of global competitiveness in drug delivery intellectual property generation.
• The WADDP currently has several superior patented technologies with an extensive technology pipeline and is well connected with various local and international institutions and industry.