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Commercial and Trade Law Research Group

Research project: FORK- Fraud-Free Food and Regulatory Know-How, funded by the Academy of Finland and UEF 2019-2023

How can consumers be sure that they eat what they think they eat? The FORK project responds to the trends of power consumerism, personalized nutrition services and digitalization of food commerce by developing better regulation for a modified food chain.

International partner: Fighting Food Frauds regarding Foods with Intentionally Added Pharmaceutical Products, funded by the Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation, 2019-2022. The FFF-project aims to identify patterns of food fraud and seek solutions by examining experiences of other jurisdictions. Economically motivated food adulteration adding pharmaceuticals in foods as Chinese traditional medicine is a growing issue in food manufacturing largely contributing to food safety problems in China.

Book project: K Lindroos, L Montagnani and K Klafkowska Wasniowska: Freedom and Responsibility of Online Platforms, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019-2021.European values include upholding free movement in the single market, while ensuring responsibility and accountability in the digital single market. All regulators face the same dilemma: how to strike a balance between these values structuring the role of platforms in preserving fundamental values.

Book project: K Lindroos, L Tammenlehto: Moderni immateriaalioikeus ja alustatalouden innovaatiot, Talentum Publishing 2019-2020.

Ismo Linnosmaa (ismo.linnosmaa@uef.fi)

My research focus is on health economics. My current work concentrates on costs, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health and social services provided for old people, economics of ageing, and the markets for health and social care and pharmaceuticals.

Mirella Miettinen (mirella.miettinen@uef.fi)

I work as a Senior Researcher in environmental law at the UEF Law School. My research focuses on chemicals legislation (in particular nanomaterials and pharmaceuticals). I teach a course on circular economy and law at the UEF Law School.

Current projects

  • The impact of EU chemicals policy and legislation on green transformations in the pharmaceutical sector in the EU (PharGTrans) (the Research Council of Finland; 2023-2027)
  • Hiilimarkkinoilta lisäarvoa turvetuotannosta poistettujen alueiden jatkokäyttöön (Value from the carbon market for the next land use of peat production areas) (ArvoHiili) (Co-funded by the European Union, Just Transition Fund; 2023-2026)

Tatu Lajunen (tatu.lajunen@uef.fi)

Tatu got his PhD in Pharmacy from University of Helsinki in 2016. He works on drug delivery to challenging target sites, for example posterior segment of the eye, tumors and central nervous system. Tatu has diverse international research background through working in Santen Pharmaceuticals in Japan as well as Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Sciences. He holds a shared position in University of Helsinki and University of Eastern Finland. The current focus of his research is the utilization of nanoparticle drug delivery systems for targeted treatment of diseases with biomacromolecules. With the help of his international network of collaborators, the work continues to progress the field towards better medications.

Vesa-Pekka Lehto (vesa-pekka.lehto@uef.fi)

Prof. Lehto obtained his M.Sc. in 1993, Lic.Phil. in 1996 and Ph.D. in 1999, in Department of Physics, University of Turku, Finland, where he led a research group for the years 2004-2008. He has held the position of full professor in Material Physics at University of Eastern Finland (UEF) since 2008. He has also worked as a senior scientist in the discovery group of Focus Inhalation Ltd in 2002-2003.

His main research interests include physicochemical characterization of pharmaceuticals and especially disordered solid materials, with a special emphasis on mesoporous silicon micro- and nanoparticles. These nanostructured materials are being developed for three specific applications: i) Multifunctional drug delivery systems, ii) Anode materials for Li-ion batteries, and iii) Adsorbents of metal ions especially for dilute aqueous solutions. He is the leader of Pharmaceutical Physics research group in Department of Applied Physics at UEF. He is also leading one of the emerging research fields “Aquatic research in changing world” included in the strategy of the University of Eastern Finland. He has published more than 180 refereed articles, his h-index is 38 and the total number of citations is >5000 (WoS). He is the chairman of the Finnish Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Association (FinTAC), treasurer of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis (ICTAC) and he has chaired the ESTAC-11 conference in 2014.