The 4th PoliTO Student Contest on Freeze‐Drying for Pharmaceutical Applications” is an international competition organized for the fourth time by Politecnico di Torino, as a related event at the “Inside Pharmaceutical Lyophilization: Principles, Process Design, and Practical Insights,” to be held in Milan on June 29 and 30, 2026, organized by the PDA Italy Chapter.
It is addressed to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students and aims to stimulate innovative ideas and applications of freeze-drying processes by developing one of the proposed challenges in one of the following sectors.
- Pharmaceuticals and probiotics.
- Scaffolds and tissue engineering.
- Food sustainability and biomass utilization.
KEY DATE
Open registration : April 10
Deadline abstract submission and complete registration: May 31
Poster sending (for printing by organisation): June 5
Poster presentation: week 8-13 June