PharmD Degree Program

Cancer drug stops SARS-CoV-2 in the lab

Thu Feb 11, 2021

PharmaMar

Aplidin is extracted from Aplidium albicans, a sea squirt found off the coast of Spain.

“If you get a drug that targets a human protein, it would be incredibly hard for the virus to mutate away from being reliant on it,” said Nevan Krogan, the director of QBI.

Pharmacy community lends hand to UCSF COVID-19 vaccine effort

Wed Feb 10, 2021

Aludino and employee record dose of vaccine

Susan Merrell

UCSF pharmacy student Matthew Aludino, right, scans a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine prior to administering it on the first day of vaccinations at UCSF, December 16, 2020.

Pharmacy students, technicians, faculty members, and providers all pitched in to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Town Hall: A look at School efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine

Thu Jan 28, 2021

School of Pharmacy - Town Hall (January 28, 2021)

Join School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, for the latest on the COVID-19 vaccines and news from the School.

Synthetic biomaterial guides cancer therapy to hidden tumors

Wed Jan 20, 2021

Tejal Desai, PhD, and colleagues took inspiration from the structure of DNA to engineer a biomaterial that promises to improve CAR-T cell therapy for various cancers.

Advance opens up new possibilities for CAR T-cell therapy to treat a variety of cancers

PharmD Class of 2020 formally celebrates graduation

Tue Jan 12, 2021

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD opened the ceremony by highlighting frontline health care workers, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and scientists working to combat COVID-19.

The School’s recent PharmD graduates were honored with a virtual commencement ceremony.