The Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen™) is a research entity with a clear focus. The programmes of our research entity are linked to national priorities and have international research impact. Pharmacen™ currently consists of three research programmes:

• Translational neuroscience and neurotherapeutics;
• Drug delivery; and
• Drug discovery.

The main activities of Pharmacen™ lie within the following research and functional groups:

• Animal models of anxiety/stress disorders (MRC unit),
• Novel drug design in neuroprotection,
• Indigenous knowledge: phyto-chemistry and ethno-pharmacology,
• Biopharmaceutics and drug delivery systems,
• Solid-state pharmaceutical innovation and nanotechnology,
• Cosmeceutical research,
• Analytical technology laboratory; and
• Laboratory of applied molecular biology.