Paul Kweku Peprah is currently an assistant lecturer of the University of Health and Allied Science in Ghana and a member of the Pharmaceutical society of Ghana.

Education                     

Mr. Paul Peprah is a Pharmacist by profession with an MPhil degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). 

Work experience

He has assumed the role of a Superintendent Pharmacist in several reputable pharmacies mainly involved with supervisory and managerial roles.  His core activities within the university include (but not limited to) teaching, contributing to the scientific community via novel research discoveries and sharing scientific information for the progress and development of the school and community.

Science /Research output

Mr. Peprah has acquired skills in the development and validation of analytical techniques for the quality assessment of pharmaceutical dosage forms as well as basic and advanced skills in drug design and synthesis. His previous research studies were based on the use of surrogate reference standards for the HPLC quantification of pharmaceutical dosage forms. The research focused on using diclofenac sodium and indomethacin as surrogate reference standards for the quality control of the antihypertensives atenolol and propranolol hydrochloride in pharmaceutical dosages employing HPLC as the analytical technique.

Mr. Paul Peprah is well versed in information technology and is skillful in the use of 3D printing technology in the building of laboratory equipment and its role/applications in research studies. His research interests include:

• Isolation and Characterization of Bioactive Agents in medicinal plants
• Development and Validation of Chromatographic techniques for the detection of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in water sources, plants and food.
• Development of analytical methods for the quality control of active pharmaceutical agents in single and
• multicomponent dosage forms.
• Synthesis of derivatives of medicinal compounds and characterized from plant extracts and investigation of their potential biological activity
• The use of surrogate reference standards in quantitative HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) analysis.
• Comparative bioequivalence studies of locally manufactured pharmaceutical products and their innovator brands.
• Bio-prospecting: using in vivo bio-evaluation techniques and instrumental analysis to identify and isolate herbal bioactive components with potential therapeutic property.