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Driton Vllasaliu

Dr Driton Vllasaliu

Reader in Biotherapeutics Delivery

Research interests

  • Pharmacy

Biography

Driton is a registered pharmacist (Master of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham; Pre-registration training, Papworth Hospital). Driton gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham. Prior to joining King’s, Driton contributed towards the establishment of a new School of Pharmacy (University of Lincoln). Driton’s research interests centre around understanding and overcoming the biological barriers to improve drug delivery, with a key focus on enabling injection-free administration of biotherapeutic drugs (peptides, proteins, nucleic acids). As part of this, he has specific interests in drug delivery systems, including nanomedicines and extracellular vesicles (exosomes), that potentially enable injection-free delivery. He is also interested in drug delivery for diseases of, or linked to, the gut. Finally, aspects of Driton’s research relate to the creation of improved (more predictive) in vitro models for use in medicines development, including organoids. Driton routinely collaborates with the pharmaceutical industry and his research has been funded by different UKRI councils (BBSRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK, Research England), charities and the pharmaceutical industry. The overarching aim of Driton’s activity is to improve patient outcomes and access to medicines through translational drug delivery research.

    Research

    Medicines
    Medicines Development

    The Medicines Development Research Group develops novel materials, formulations, drug delivery devices, manufacturing, analytical, and digital technologies.

    synthetic-biology
    RNA Biology

    RNA is at the forefront of biomedical research for its central role in how information is transferred from DNA to protein. This Research Interest Group is open to all interested parties from across the University.

    News

    Cows' milk particles used for effective oral delivery of drugs

    New research has found that tiny particles present in cows’ milk could offer, for the first time, an effective method for the oral delivery of RNA drugs.

    _NPSAD drugs pic

    King's receives £1.4 million UKRI boost to investigate advanced therapies

    A King’s lab has received a Mission Award worth £1.4 million by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for its role in a project that aims to engineer tiny milk...

    Pharmacy lab

      Research

      Medicines
      Medicines Development

      The Medicines Development Research Group develops novel materials, formulations, drug delivery devices, manufacturing, analytical, and digital technologies.

      synthetic-biology
      RNA Biology

      RNA is at the forefront of biomedical research for its central role in how information is transferred from DNA to protein. This Research Interest Group is open to all interested parties from across the University.

      News

      Cows' milk particles used for effective oral delivery of drugs

      New research has found that tiny particles present in cows’ milk could offer, for the first time, an effective method for the oral delivery of RNA drugs.

      _NPSAD drugs pic

      King's receives £1.4 million UKRI boost to investigate advanced therapies

      A King’s lab has received a Mission Award worth £1.4 million by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for its role in a project that aims to engineer tiny milk...

      Pharmacy lab