Dr. Likhitha U, Postdoctoral Fellow at MCOPS, MAHE, Manipal, received First Prize in the Oral Presentation for her research titled "Nanomesophase Encapsulation of Lapatinib for Breast Cancer Treatment: Development, computational simulation, pH-responsive release, and cellular evaluation" in The Drug Delivery Symposium (DDS-2024), organized by the Department of Pharmaceutics, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, NITTE, Mangaluru, on August 22-23, 2024. The symposium focused on "Smart Drug Delivery Systems: Innovations in Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, and Medical Devices."