Larry Augsburger, Ph.D.

University of Maryland
20 North Pine Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1180
laugsbur@rx.umaryland.edu
410-706-7615 (phone)
410-706-2984 (fax)
Pharmaceutical Technologies

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Dr. Augsburger is the Shangraw Professor of Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, and Vice President, University Pharmaceuticals of Maryland, Inc. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. Dr. Augsburger received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maryland. Before joining the Maryland faculty, he was a senior research pharmacist at the Johnson and Johnson Research Center in New Brunswick, NJ. Previous positions at the university have included chair of the department of pharmaceutics and director of graduate programs in pharmaceutics. He has directed the research of 37 graduate students and seven post-doctoral students/visiting scientists in two main areas: (1) the design and optimization of immediate release and extended release oral solid dosage forms for both their performance as drug delivery systems and their manufacturability (2) the instrumentation of automatic capsule filling machines, tablet presses and other pharmaceutical processing equipment. He directed the 1991- 1998 University of Maryland-FDA collaborative research programs that provided critical support for SUPAC guidances that streamline and clarify testing and filing requirements for scale-up and post approval changes to immediate and modified release oral solid dosage forms. Current research focuses on the application of pharmaceutical science and technology to dietary supplements/nutraceuticals. Augsburger serves on the editorial advisory boards of several journals, including Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, AAPS PharmSci, and the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. A former associate editor for Pharmaceutical Research, Augsburger currently serves as AAPS PharmSci’s Editor for pharmaceutical technology. As the 1999 President of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, he spearheaded the establishment of the AAPS Dietary Supplement Advisory Board which he currently chairs.