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Professor Owen Corrigan

Fellow Emeritus (Pharmacy)

 owen.corrigan@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Professor of Pharmaceutics. Have acted as consultant on occasion to Leo Laboratories Ltd., Mycopharm Ltd., Tanabe Ltd., Newport Pharmaceuticals Ltd., ICP Ltd., Revlon Healthcare Ltd., Sandoz AG, The Cross Chemical Group, Hill & Knowlton Ltd., and The Health Education Bureau. . EXTERNAL EXAMINER FOR PH.D. THESIS FOR: University of Bradford, University of London, University of Manchester, University of Strathclyde, The Queens University Belfast, University of Uppsala, Sweden and John Mores University Liverpool . . ACTED AS REVIEWER/ REFEREE FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Research International Journal of Pharmaceutics Journal of Controlled Release Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition. Thermochemica Acta Biomacromolicules

Research Tags

  Antiinflammatory drugs   Biopharmaceutical aspects of drug delivery systems   Composite materials   Computer modelling of pharmaceutical systems   Crystal engineering   Drug delivery technology, gene delivery   Drug release mechanisms   Drug transport mechanisms   Drug utilisation and epidemiology   Formulation and evaluation of vaccines   Matrix tabletts, sustained drug delivery   Mechanisms of dissolution   Mechanisms of drug release from solid dosage forms   Nanotechnology   Pharmaceutical care   Pharmaceutical products   Physiological and physiochemical barriers to drug absorption   Polymer technology, biopolymers   Polymers   Quality, regulatory and GMP areas of pharmaceutical chemistry   Transdermal products

Research Projects

 Novel microparticles for drug delivery
 'Smart' polymers for drug delivery
 - Clinical pharmacokinetics of drugs in ICU patients
 Modelling mass transfer in pharmaceutical systems using HPC

Representations

Details Date
Examiner in Forensic Pharmacy for the Pharmaceutical . Society of Ireland under the Pharmacy Acts Ireland 1975 - 1985
Appointed by the Minister for Health to the Human Medicines Advisory Committee of the Irish Medicines Board 1996-2002
Appointed by the Minister for Health to the Health Research Board 2004-Present
Consultant in Biopharmaceutics and Member of Research and Development Committee, Elan Corporation Ltd., Athlone, Ireland. 1977 - 1984
Founder editor of monthly "Journal of Irish Pharmaceutical Union". (I.P.U. Review). 1977 -1979
Member of Scientific Research Committee, Elan Pharmaceutical Research Corporation, Georgia, U.S.A. 1981 - 1984
Member of Scientific Committee, Elan Corporation plc, Athlone, Ireland. 1984 - 1988
Consultant in Biopharmaceutics to Elan Corporation plc. 1988 - 2000
Consultant in Transdermal Drug Delivery to Elan Corporation plc. 1991 - 1994
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of 'Pharmaceutical Technology Europe', Astra Publishing Corp. 1989-2003
Member of International Editorial Advisory Board of The Encyclopaedia of Pharmaceutical Technology. 2003-Present
Consultant to Antigen Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 1990 -2000
Consultant to Elan Pharmaceutical Technologies 1994 - Present

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences(EUFEPS), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), The Controlled Release Society(CRS), Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland(RAMI), Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland(PSI), Irish Pharmaceutical Union(IPU).
Deirdre M D'Arcy, Owen I Corrigan, Evelyn Deasy, Caitríona M Gowing, Maria B Donnelly, Gentamicin pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients during treatment with continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF), European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71, (3), 2015, p377 - 378, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Umerska A, Corrigan OI, Tajber L, Intermolecular interactions between salmon calcitonin, hyaluronate, and chitosan and their impact on the process of formation and properties of peptide-loaded nanoparticles., International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 477, (1-2), 2014, p102 - 112, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Umerska A, Paluch KJ, Santos-Martinez MJ, Corrigan OI, Medina C, Tajber L, Self-assembled hyaluronate/protamine polyelectrolyte nanoplexes: synthesis, stability, biocompatibility and potential use as peptide carriers, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 10, (12), 2014, p3658 - 3673, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Caron, V., Hu, Y., Tajber, L., Erxleben, A., Corrigan, O.I., McArdle, P., Healy, A.M., Amorphous solid dispersions of sulfonamide/soluplus® and sulfonamide/PVP prepared by ball milling, AAPS PharmSciTech, 14, (1), 2013, p464-474 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Ryan, S.M., McMorrow, J., Umerska, A., Patel, H.B., Kornerup, K.N., Tajber, L., Murphy, E.P., Perretti, M., Corrigan, O.I., Brayden, D.J., An intra-articular salmon calcitonin-based nanocomplex reduces experimental inflammatory arthritis, Journal of Controlled Release, 167, (2), 2013, p120-129 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Paluch, K.J., McCabe, T., MÃ"ller-Bunz, H., Corrigan, O.I., Healy, A.M., Tajber, L., Formation and physicochemical properties of crystalline and amorphous salts with different stoichiometries formed between ciprofloxacin and succinic acid, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 10, (10), 2013, p3640-3654 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Paluch, K.J., Tajber, L., Corrigan, O.I., Healy, A.M., Impact of alternative solid state forms and specific surface area of high-dose, hydrophilic active pharmaceutical ingredients on tabletability, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 10, (10), 2013, p3628-3639 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Curtin, V., Amharar, Y., Hu, Y., Erxleben, A., McArdle, P., Caron, V., Tajber, L., Corrigan, O.I., Healy, A.M., Investigation of the capacity of low glass transition temperature excipients to minimize amorphization of sulfadimidine on comilling, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 10, (1), 2013, p386-396 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Malone, M.E., Corrigan, O.I., Kavanagh, P.V., Gowing, C., Donnelly, M., D'Arcy, D.M., Pharmacokinetics of amphotericin B lipid complex in critically ill patients undergoing continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 42, (4), 2013, p335-342 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Curtin, V., Amharar, Y., Gallagher, K.H., Corcoran, S., Tajber, L., Corrigan, O.I., Healy, A.M., Reducing mechanical activation-induced amorphisation of salbutamol sulphate by co-processing with selected carboxylic acids, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 456, (2), 2013, p508-516 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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M.E. Malone, C. Gowing, M. Barry, E. Deasy, P.V. Kavanagh, O.I. Corrigan, D.M. D'Arcy, M. Donnelly, Do plasma protein levels influence the volume of distribution of Amphotericin B Lipid Complex?, Intensive Care Society of Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, June 2012, 2012, Poster, PRESENTED
Malone M.E., Gowing C., Barry M., Deasy E., Kavanagh P.V., Corrigan O.I., D'Arcy D.M., Donnelly M. Clinical pharmacokinetics research group, Pharmacokinetics of amphotericin B lipid complex in critically ill patients on and off continuous venovenous heeamodiafiltration, All Ireland Schools of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference, Cork, 2012, 2012, Poster, PRESENTED
M.E. Malone, C. Gowing, M. Barry, E. Deasy, P.V. Kavanagh, O.I. Corrigan, D.M. D'Arcy, M. Donnelly, Determination of pharmacokinetic parameters of amphotericin B in critically ill patients during continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration-analytical methodology and clinical trial design, All Ireland Schools of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 2010, 2010, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Paluch, K.J., Tajber, L., Corrigan, O.I., Healy, A.M., Solid state characterisation of novel active pharmaceutical ingredients: co-crystal of (R,S) salbutamol mono-adipate and (R,S) salbutamol hemisuccinate, Solid State Pharmaceutical Cluster Meeting, Limerick, 2010, 2010, Poster, PUBLISHED
Paluch K., Tajber L., Healy A.M., Corrigan O. , Impact of solvent variable on chlorothiazide and chlorothiazide sodium physico-chemical properties, processed by spray drying, All Ireland Schools of Pharmacy 31st Research Seminar, Dublin, 2009, 2009, Meeting Abstract, PRESENTED
Paluch K, Tajber L, Corrigan OI, Healy AM, An investigation of the effect of spray drying from different solvents on the physicochemical properties of chlorothiazide and chlorothiazide sodium, IRCSET Symposium Innovation fuelling the Smart Society, Dublin, 2009, 2009, Poster, PRESENTED
Paluch, K., Tajber, L., Healy, A.M. and Corrigan, O.I., Solid-state characteristics of spray dried chlorothiazide, chlorothiazide-PVP composites, sodium chlorothiazide and sodium chlorothiazide-PVP composites, All Ireland Schools of Pharmacy 30th Research Seminar, Cork, 2008, 2008, Meeting Abstract, PRESENTED
"Salt Forms: Pharmaceutical Aspects" , James Swarbrick, James C. Boylan (Eds.), , Encyclopaedia of Pharmaceutical Technology , 2, New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2004, [O.I. Corrigan], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, PUBLISHED
Salt Forms: Pharmaceutical Aspects 1-13, James Swarbrick, James C. Boylan, Encyclopaedia of Pharmaceutical Technology, New York, Marcel Dekker Inc., 2004, [OI Corrigan], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, PUBLISHED
Surfactants in pharmaceutical products and systems, James Swarbrick, James C. Boylan, Encyclopaedia of Pharmaceutical Technology, 2nd Ed, New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2002, pp2639 - 2653, [O.I. Corrigan, A.M. Healy], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. 1982
Elected a Fellow of Trinity College 1988
Elected Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 1993

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology.