Annika Valtari
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
annika.valtari@uef.fi
My research focuses on in vivo pharmacokinetics in ocular drug delivery, with primary expertise in prolonged drug delivery, particularly in glaucoma drug development, subconjunctival injections, and melanin binding. I also have a strong interest in drug safety.
Research groups
Publications
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Comprehensive ocular and systemic pharmacokinetics of dexamethasone after subconjunctival and intravenous injections in rabbits
Valtari, Annika; Posio, Susanna; Toropainen, Elisa; Balla, Anusha; Puranen, Jooseppi; Sadeghi, Amir; Ruponen, Marika; Ranta, Veli-Pekka; Vellonen, Kati-Sisko; Urtti, Arto; del Amo, Eva M. 2024. European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics. 198: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Melanin binding and subconjunctival administration in ocular drug delivery : studies on long-acting carbonic anhydrase II inhibitors and dexamethasone
Valtari, Annika. 2024. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Health Sciences G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) -
5-(Sulfamoyl)thien-2-yl 1,3-oxazole inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase II with hydrophilic periphery
Kalinin, Stanislav; Kovalenko, Alexander; Valtari, Annika; Nocentini, Alessio; Gureev, Maxim; Urtti, Arto; Korsakov, Mikhail; Supuran, Claudiu T.; Krasavin, Mikhail. 2022. Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry. 37: 1005-1011 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
A Novel Ferroptosis Inhibitor UAMC-3203, a Potential Treatment for Corneal Epithelial Wound
Balla, Anusha; Tran, Bao; Valtari, Annika; Steven, Philipp; Scarpellini, Camilla; Augustyns, Koen; Urtti, Arto; Vellonen, Kati-Sisko; Ruponen, Marika. 2022. Pharmaceutics. 2023; 15: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Ocular metabolism and distribution of drugs in the rabbit eye: Quantitative assessment after intracameral and intravitreal administrations
del Amo, Eva M.; Hammid, Anam; Tausch, Melanie; Toropainen, Elisa; Sadeghi, Amir; Valtari, Annika; Puranen, Jooseppi; Reinisalo, Mika; Ruponen, Marika; Urtti, Arto; Sauer, Achim; Honkakoski, Paavo. 2022. International journal of pharmaceutics. 613: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Understanding dexamethasone kinetics in the rabbit tear fluid: Drug release and clearance from solution, suspension and hydrogel formulations
Balla, Anusha; Ruponen, Marika; Valtari, Annika; Toropainen, Elisa; Tuomainen, Marjo; Alvarez-Lorenzo, Carmen; del Amo, Eva M.; Urtti, Arto; Vellonen, Kati-Sisko. 2022. European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics. 172: 53-60 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Mucoadhesive properties of nanogels based on stimuli-sensitive glycosaminoglycan-graft-pNIPAAm copolymers
Pilipenko, Iuliia; Korzhikov-Vlakh, Viktor; Valtari, Annika; Anufrikov, Yurii; Kalinin, Stanislav; Ruponen, Marika; Krasavin, Mikhail; Urtti, Arto; Tennikova, Tatiana. 2021. International journal of biological macromolecules. 186: 864-872 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Ocular pharmacokinetics of atenolol, timolol and betaxolol cocktail: tissue exposures in the rabbit eye
Fayyaz, Anam; Vellonen, Kati-Sisko; Ranta, Veli-Pekka; Toropainen, Elisa; Reinisalo, Mika; Valtari, Annika; Puranen, Jooseppi; D'Amico Ricci, Giuseppe; Heikkinen, Emma M.; Gardner, Iain; Ruponen, Marika; Urtti, Arto; Jamei, Masoud; del Amo, Eva M. 2021. European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics. 166: 155-162 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Partitioning and Spatial Distribution of Drugs in Ocular Surface Tissues
Balla, Anusha; Auriola, Seppo; Grey, Angus C; Demarais, Nicholas J; Valtari, Annika; Heikkinen, Emma M; Toropainen, Elisa; Urtti, Arto; Vellonen, Kati-Sisko; Ruponen, Marika. 2021. Pharmaceutics. 13: 658 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Pharmacokinetics of intravitreal macromolecules: scaling between rats and rabbits
Sadeghi, Amir; Puranen, Jooseppi; Ruponen, Marika; Valtari, Annika; Subrizi, Astrid; Ranta, Veli-Pekka; Toropainen, Elisa; Urtti, Arto. 2021. European journal of pharmaceutical sciences. 159: 105720 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research