Achievements

Awards and honors

  1. Young Investigator Research Achievement Award from the National Research Council of Iceland (1996)
  2. Innovation Award from the Trade Council of Iceland (2004)
  3. University Innovation Award from the University of Iceland (2007)

 

Opponent on PhD Thesis

  1. Björn Jansson: Models for the Transfer of Drugs from the Nasal Cavity to the Central Nervous System. Uppsala University. January 2004
  2. Niclas Rydell: Development of a New Oral Vaccine against Diphtheria and the Study of its Immunogenicity in Mouse and Man. Uppsala University. December 2004
  3. Morten Bagger: Assessment of the nasal route for direct Drug Delivery to the CNS – Olfactory absorption studied by microdialysis. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. January 2005
  4. Phatsawee Jansook: Self-assembled nanoparticles for targeted ocular drug delivery. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland. April 2010
  5. Elena V. Ukhatskaya: Cationic amphiphilic quaternized aminocalix[4]arenes as novel potential drug delivery vehicles (vectors). Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, December 2013
  6. Zoltán Fülöp: Self-assembly of cyclodextrins and cyclodextrin nanoparticles. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, November 2014
  7. 2017

 

Accreditation of Universities

  1. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Syddansk University, Odense, Denmark (2010)
  2. Involved in preparing the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland for their
    Accreditation in 2010
  3. Involved in preparing the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland for their
    Accreditation in 2015
  4. Involved in preparing the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland for their
    Accreditation in 2019

 

Companies (founder or co-founder)

  1. Hananja ehf (Icelandic entity)
  2. Capretto ehf (Icelandic entity)
  3. Calor ehf (Icelandic entity)
  4. Rephaiah ehf (Icelandic entity)
  5. Lyfjaþróun hf (Icelandic entity)
  6. Mentis Cura ehf (Icelandic entity)
  7. LipoMedica ehf (Icelandic entity)
  8. Nepson ehf (Icelandic entity)

 

Drugs on market

  1. Nasal midazolam for the treatment of cluster seizures, called Nayzilam.