Sandra Klein is a pharmacist by training and obtained her license to practice pharmacy and her PhD from the University of Frankfurt, Germany. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, TN, USA and has been a Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Greifswald, Germany since 2010. Since starting her PhD, she has been working on the development of biorelevant in vitro methods to assess the bioavailability of orally administered drugs and meanwhile has more than 20 years of experience with biorelevant dissolution assays. Her current research focuses on the development of biopredictive in vitro models to estimate the in vivo performance of drugs for different patient populations, as well as the development of oral dosage forms for special patient populations, particularly pediatric patients. The latter activities span the spectrum from formulations for poorly soluble drugs through taste-masked formulations to controlled-release dosage forms. Other research interests include the development of predictive and accelerated in vitro release methods for lozenges, vaginal and rectal delivery systems, and long acting injectables.
Sandra Klein is a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), the European Paediatric Formulation Initiative (EuPFI), the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) an Expert Member of the USP Expert Panel on New Advancements in Product Performance Testing, an Expert Member of the conect4children (c4c) Formulations Expert Group, and Editor-in-Chief of Pharmazie, an International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She is an APV member since 2000, a member of the APV board since 2014 and became the president of the APV in 2024.