This department has been working for more than 10 years in narrow collaboration with the Laboratory INSERM U-618 "Protéases et vectorisation pulmonaire" managed by the Professor Francis Gauthier.
Aerodrug is managed by a committee gathering a representative of the University of Tours, the Inserm U618 and DTF. This organization allows a total openness for the realization of its studies.
Aerodrug can achieve 3 types of projects:
- A research project of academic type in collaboration with different laboratories or hospitals.
- An industrial development project concerning devices for aerosols delivery.
- A study for a company, an association or a pharmaceutical laboratory wishing to evaluate its device or its aerosol drug.
These projects can be made with the technical tools of the Department U618.
Aerodrug makes an academic research, the development of aerosols devices and studies for many other companies (radioisotope imaging, particle size measurement, biochemical assays ...).