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Denmark
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
30686
World Ranking
1563
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Rades is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research activity spans multiple domains primarily within pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, and materials science.

The researcher's publication record includes work across subfields such as pharmaceutical science, materials chemistry, molecular biology, spectroscopy, and biomaterials. Key research topics encompass drug solubility and delivery systems, crystallization and solubility studies, and advances in drug delivery technologies including transdermal methods and electrospun nanofibers.

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • Co-Amorphous Drug Formulations in Numbers: Recent Advances in Co-Amorphous Drug Formulations with Focus on Co-Formability, Molar Ratio, Preparation Methods, Physical Stability, In Vitro and In Vivo Performance, and New Formulation Strategies (2021) published in Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutical Technology in Europe (2021) published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals (DEEP) of medical cannabis by inkjet printing (2020) published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Simultaneous investigation of the liquid transport and swelling performance during tablet disintegration (2020) published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Topical niclosamide (ATx201) reduces Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases Shannon diversity of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis patients in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial (2022) published in Clinical and Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors contributing extensively to research alongside Thomas Rades include Anette Müllertz, Holger Grohganz, Andrea Heinz, Jukka Rantanen, and Inês C. B. Martins.

Research dissemination commonly appears in these venues:

  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutics
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics

The research outputs reveal consistent engagement with topics such as pharmaceutical technology, drug delivery methods, and analytical approaches in pharmaceutical science. The focus on both experimental and formulation strategies reflects a concentration on improving drug solubility, stability, and efficacy through advanced pharmaceutical and material science techniques.

Best Publications

  • Selection of excipients for melt extrusion with two poorly water-soluble drugs by solubility parameter calculation and thermal analysis

    A Forster;J Hempenstall;I Tucker;T Rades

  • Emerging trends in the stabilization of amorphous drugs

    Riikka Laitinen;Korbinian Löbmann;Korbinian Löbmann;Clare J. Strachan;Clare J. Strachan;Holger Grohganz

  • Terahertz pulsed spectroscopy and imaging in the pharmaceutical setting--a review.

    J Axel Zeitler;J Axel Zeitler;J Axel Zeitler;Philip F Taday;Philip F Taday;David A Newnham;Michael Pepper;Michael Pepper

  • Using Terahertz Pulsed Spectroscopy to Quantify Pharmaceutical Polymorphism and Crystallinity

    Clare J. Strachan;Philip F. Taday;David A. Newnham;Keith C. Gordon

  • Recent advances in co-amorphous drug formulations

    Swapnil Jayant Dengale;Holger Grohganz;Thomas Rades;Korbinian Löbmann

  • Coamorphous drug systems: enhanced physical stability and dissolution rate of indomethacin and naproxen.

    Korbinian Löbmann;Riikka Laitinen;Holger Grohganz;Keith C Gordon

  • An overview of recent studies on the analysis of pharmaceutical polymorphs.

    Norman Chieng;Thomas Rades;Jaakko Aaltonen

  • New perspectives on lipid and surfactant based drug delivery systems for oral delivery of poorly soluble drugs.

    Anette Müllertz;Anayo Ogbonna;Shan Ren;Thomas Rades

  • Amino acids as co-amorphous stabilizers for poorly water soluble drugs--Part 1: preparation, stability and dissolution enhancement.

    Korbinian Löbmann;Holger Grohganz;Riikka Laitinen;Clare Strachan;Clare Strachan

  • Effects of intraduodenal fatty acids on appetite, antropyloroduodenal motility, and plasma CCK and GLP-1 in humans vary with their chain length.

    Kate L. Feltrin;Tanya J. Little;James H. Meyer;Michael Horowitz

  • Enhanced dissolution rate and synchronized release of drugs in binary systems through formulation: Amorphous naproxen-cimetidine mixtures prepared by mechanical activation.

    Morten Alleso;Norman Chieng;Soenke Rehder;Jukka Rantanen

  • Characterization of glass solutions of poorly water-soluble drugs produced by melt extrusion with hydrophilic amorphous polymers.

    Angus Forster;John Hempenstall;Thomas Rades

  • Preparation of Biodegradable Insulin Nanocapsules from Biocompatible Microemulsions

    Suchat Watnasirichaikul;Nigel M. Davies;Thomas Rades;Ian G. Tucker

  • Raman spectroscopy for quantitative analysis of pharmaceutical solids

    Clare J Strachan;Thomas Rades;Keith C Gordon;Jukka Rantanen

  • Physical characterization and stability of amorphous indomethacin and ranitidine hydrochloride binary systems prepared by mechanical activation.

    Norman Chieng;Jaakko Aaltonen;Dorothy Saville;Thomas Rades

  • Using terahertz pulsed spectroscopy to study crystallinity of pharmaceutical materials

    Clare J. Strachan;Thomas Rades;David A. Newnham;Keith C. Gordon

  • Co-amorphous simvastatin and glipizide combinations show improved physical stability without evidence of intermolecular interactions.

    Korbinian Löbmann;Clare Strachan;Holger Grohganz;Thomas Rades

  • Analysis of coating structures and interfaces in solid oral dosage forms by three dimensional terahertz pulsed imaging.

    J.Axel Zeitler;J.Axel Zeitler;J.Axel Zeitler;Yaochun Shen;Colin Baker;Philip F. Taday

  • Structural investigations on nanoemulsions, solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers by cryo-field emission scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy.

    Anne Saupe;Keith C. Gordon;Thomas Rades

  • In vitro and in vivo performance of novel supersaturated self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems (super-SNEDDS).

    N. Thomas;R. Holm;A. Müllertz;T. Rades;T. Rades

Frequent Co-Authors

Clare J. Strachan
Clare J. Strachan University of Helsinki
Anette Müllertz
Anette Müllertz University of Copenhagen
Keith C. Gordon
Keith C. Gordon University of Otago
Jukka Rantanen
Jukka Rantanen University of Copenhagen
J. Axel Zeitler
J. Axel Zeitler University of Cambridge
Anja Boisen
Anja Boisen Technical University of Denmark
Michael Pepper
Michael Pepper University College London
Benjamin James Boyd
Benjamin James Boyd Monash University
Peter Kleinebudde
Peter Kleinebudde Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Niklas Sandler
Niklas Sandler Åbo Akademi University

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