Santa Farma, a leading domestic pharmaceutical company with 75 years of history, donated High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) equipment to Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Nutrition and Metabolism in cooperation with Ant Teknik.
As a company dedicated to developing innovative and value added products for the good of humanity in order to offer “healthy services to health”, Santa Farma undertook another important university-industry partnership project. In collaboration with Ant Teknik which acts as the distributor of several scientific research equipment brands in Turkey, Santa Farma donated High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) equipment to Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Nutrition and Metabolism in order to support scientific researches to be carried out for providing better and higher quality services to patients.
“It will also be beneficial for raising young scientists”
Assoc.Prof.Dr. A. Çiğdem Aktuğlu Zeybek made an announcement on behalf of the Team of Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Paediatrics, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University. “The new HPLC equipment will be used for clinical researches carried out for monitoring diagnosis and treatment processes of congenital metabolic disorders and it will also be beneficial for raising young scientists in this field,” she said and continued:
“Congenital metabolic disorders are among serious health problems in our country where such disorders are more frequent than most other countries due to relatively high prevalence of kin marriages although they are normally defined as rare disorders. On the one hand, diagnosis and treatment processes are more problematic than other disorders since they are observed quite rarely. On the other hand, it is a highly unexplored field which needs to be explored in more detail. It is critical to have a robust and efficient laboratory for diagnosis and treatment of patients. Chromatographic methods set the golden standard in effective diagnosis of congenital metabolic disorders since they are reliable, easy-to-implement and open to development of new methods. Our clinic, ‘Nutrition and Metabolism Department’ and ‘Nutrition and Metabolism Laboratory’, is a forerunner of centres dealing with those disorders in our country and is recognized as a centre of reference in national and global scale thanks to its proven track record of success. This donation will help us cover great distance to contribute to scientific research as well as diagnosis, treatment and observation processes of patients.”
Cooperation with universities continues
Santa Farma contributes to scientific studies throughout the entire period from product development to market penetration based on a multidisciplinary approach focusing on public-industry-university cooperation. The projects conducted in cooperation with universities help academics to improve their technical skills while also contributing to development of new products which will be beneficial for the society.
As a company dedicated to improvement and innovation, Santa Farma closely monitors state-of-the-art technologies and relevant requirements in order to continue providing technical infrastructure, machinery and equipment support to universities.