University of Cyberjaya (UoC) recently excelled with 3 awards at the International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA 2022 Exhibition) and Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) SDG 2022. 2 research teams from the university’s Centre for Research and Graduate Studies submitted their inventions – the Oral Fast Dissolving Film and Fast Melt Cocoa Butter Tablet – for both exhibitions. The Oral Fast Dissolving Film was given the silver award at both exhibitions and the Fast Melt Cocoa Butter Table was awarded bronze at the MTE SDG 2022. Head of the Pharmaceutical Technology and Industry Department, Assistant Professor Dr. Liew Kai Bin has also secured a Fundamental Research Grand Scheme (FRGS) award of RM144,300 from the Ministry of Higher Education for his research just last year. Both inventions had similar objectives which was to help to reduce patient non-compliance to medication, a serious issue faced by the healthcare industry globally. “Based...
