Biserka Cetina-Čižmek, graduated from Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, where she also did postgraduate study in the field of pharmaceutical science. She worked at Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, as assistant professor till 2001 and then she moved to PLIVA Croatia, Research and Development, member of Teva. She is a Senior director in the Pre-formulation Department responsible for solid state characterization of active substances and drug product, and biopharmaceutical characterization including in vitro release and IVIVC studies. Her scientific area is in the field of physical characterization of drug products and in vitro biorelevant testing and modelling. She has been an invited speaker/participant in many scientific meetings in Croatia and abroad, author and co-author of more than 50 scientific papers. She has been a member of scientific and organizing boards for several conferences: World Conference on Physico-chemical Methods in Drug Discovery and Development, 9th Central European Symposium on Pharmaceutical Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2012, Croatian Congress of Pharmacy. She is also a professor, actively involved in undergraduate and graduate teaching at Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb for Industrial pharmacy, and Drug Development Pre-formulation Studies.

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