MUPY warmly welcomed Prof. Hartmut Derendorf, Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Florida in Gainesville. Prof. Derendorf was at MUPY upon invitation from Assoc. Prof. Kobtham Satirakul. Prof. Derendorf will provide a research experience for one of MUPY graduate students this year through collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Kobtham. In this occasion, Prof. Derendorf also gave a lecture on Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions of Herbal Drugs to MUPY staff and students.