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Universitas Padjadjaran's Yedi Herdiana named in World's Top 2% Scientists 2026 list
A lecturer in Universitas Padjadjaran's Faculty of Pharmacy, whose research focuses on drug-delivery systems, has entered the World's Top 2% Scientists 2026 list, the Indonesian university reported.
Why it matters: Universitas Padjadjaran's Faculty of Pharmacy now has a lecturer, Yedi Herdiana, included in the World's Top 2% Scientists 2026 list.
Universitas Padjadjaran reported that Dr Yedi Herdiana, a lecturer in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology in its Faculty of Pharmacy, has been included in the World's Top 2% Scientists 2026 list.
According to the university, his research on drug-delivery systems examines materials, including natural polymers such as chitosan, that can help carry active substances to their therapeutic targets.
Herdiana said his field is pharmaceutical technology, particularly drug formulation and delivery, noting that an active substance must pass through many processes in the body before it reaches its treatment target.
The university said one challenge in developing cancer therapies is improving delivery of active substances to target cells while limiting exposure of healthy cells.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The listing applies to one researcher, Yedi Herdiana of Universitas Padjadjaran's Faculty of Pharmacy, whose work the university describes as focused on how drugs are formulated and delivered to their targets.
