CENTER OF APPLIED RESEARCH AND ADVANCED STUDIES (CARAS)

• History
• Vision
• Mission
• Goals
• Activities
• Achievements
• Tour in CARAS:
• Units in CARAS
• Facilities and Equipment
• Contact
• Director (Curriculum Vitae)

History:

• The Centre of Applied Research and Advanced Studies (CARAS) was established at Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University in December 1989 after the approvement of the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Universities.

Vision:

• To become a Centre of Excellence in Pharmaceutical sciences and application with regional and global reach.

Mission:

• To help promoting pharmaceutical industry in Egypt.
• To effectively use technological information for drug development.
• To integrate scientific concepts in the context of application.

Goals:

1. Performing advanced research in Pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology.
2. Carrying out studies on drugs including :
   1. Bioavailability
   2. Stability
   3. Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics
   4. Toxicology
   5. Formulations in different pharmaceutical dosage forms.
3. Offering technical experience through continuous education programs.
4. Consultations for problems of pharmaceutical industry.
5. Analysis of drugs, food, pesticides, toxins, and environmental pollutants.
6. Offering experience and services to Arabic and Foreign Institutes and organizations according to special regulations.
7. Application of modern technological methods for development of pharmacy education, data bases, marketing and pharmaceutical management.

Activities:

Achievements:

• During the past 18 years CARAS achieved many of the assigned goals previously established when CARAS started its work serving the pharmaceutical industry.

1. Bioequivalence studies:
• About 325 bioequivalent studies were performed in CARAS by different Egyptian pharmaceutical companies as a requirement for drug registration in Egypt, or for exporting Drugs to international markets.
2. Stability Studies:
• About 35 stability studies for pharmaceutical products were performed for pharmaceutical companies.
3. Expert Reports:
• About 51 expert reports were made for pharmaceutical companies. Reports include pharmaceutical, toxicological, clinical evaluation of the products.
4. Toxicological Studies.
5. Microbiological Studies.

CARAS has mutual cooperation with WHO with continuous exchange of experience and information in the different fields of Pharmaceutical and Biologic sciences.

Tour in CARAS:

1. Units In CARAS:

CARAS includes several units for :

2. Facilities and Equipment:

CARAS is equipped with all the facilities that are necessary for achieving its different goals. Some of the available equipment includes:

1.	HPLC connected to Diode-array detector.
2.	HPLC connected to UV detector.
3.	HPLC connected to flourimetric detector.
4.	HPLC connected to RI detector.
5.	Gas chromatograph
6.	Stability cabinet
7.	Brookfield viscometer
8.	Dissolution apparatus.
9.	Disintegration apparatus.
10	Centrifuge.

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