Faculty of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology
University of Navarra
Pamplona (Spain)
e-mail: jmirache@unav.es

Currently Chairman of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology

Dr. Juan M. Irache studied Pharmacy at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, where he also obtained a Ph.D. in 1990. He worked as a postdoc from 1992-1993 under Professor Dominique Duchêne at the University of Paris South in Châtenay-Malabry, France. Previous to his appointment at the University of Navarra, he was associate professor of biopharmaceutics at the University of Rouen (France) from 1993-1996.
His research is focused on the (i) delivery of drugs and antigens through biological barriers, and (ii) the development and evaluation of new mucosal adyuvants for vaccination and immunotherapy.
He is co-author of about 100 peer reviewed articles, over 14 book chapters and 9 issued patents. He is a member of the council of APGI (Association de Pharmacie Galénique Industrielle, International Society of Drug Delivery Sciences and Technology) and the President of SEFIG (Spanish Society of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology).