UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform

Professor Viness Pillay Innovates For Children

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.