College of Agriculture & Natural Resources School of Packaging

The Okezue Research Team synergizes expertise in both regulatory science and pharmaceutical product stability to deliver real-world solutions to current medical packaging needs​. Our research interests are in the following areas:

1. Using real-world data to uncover deficiencies in current practices for pharmaceutical products packaging to proffer better strategies to maintain their critical quality attributes.

• • Including generating tools for monitoring regulatory intelligence for packaging materials
  • Evaluating the impact of packaging and storage on medical products

2. Investigating the root causes of medical packaging failures

• • developing and implementing actions to mitigate the highest risks
  • applying the principles of quality risk management to provide solutions for current medical packaging needs.

3. Exploring chemical and bioanalytical mechanisms for improving product performance for poorly soluble drug molecules

• • including nanoparticle formulations, and developing packaging to maintain product quality attributes.

4. Examining innovative strategies to maintain regulatory compliance for medical product packaging to meet best international practices.

• • Stability and compatibility assessments to determine storage and primary packaging needs

5. Building capacity and the requisite skills to successfully integrate and operate within the quality-regulated packaging system.