The aim of the course is to provide students’ knowledge and proper competences in pharmaceutical technology related to the different types of pharmaceutical dosage forms, whose formulation technology and biopharmaceutical aspects are introduced.
Course Prerequisites
basic notions of organic chemistry, analytical chemistry and preliminary knowledge in the field of the design and development formulations
Teaching Methods
The teaching is based on lectures and laboratory activities. For carrying out the frontal lessons, Power Point presentations are used, made available to students in the section dedicated to teaching on the moodle KIRO platform
Assessment Methods
The verification mode aims to assess students knowledge and competences on formulation technology of traditional and innovative dosage forms treated in the course. Learning is verified through a written and oral exam consisting of questions of various types: • True/false questions, to verify the student's ability to answer specific questions relating to the structures and processes dealt with during the lessons. • Questions that require the recognition of images and/or patterns, aimed at verifying the student's ability to recognize a process starting from an illustrated pattern • Questions that ask you to indicate the meaning or define specific terms, aimed at verifying your understanding of the terminology used during the lessons. • Questions that require a brief description of a process or a dosage form aimed at verifying the property of language, the ability to synthesize, the understanding of theoretical concepts. Numerous examples of exam questions are presented during the lessons. The verifications will be performed along the course. Final exams including the whole course program will be available for those students that do not attend on course verifications. The dates of exams will be published on the DDS website.
Texts
Aulton’s Pharmaceutics (Edited by Michael E. Aulton and Kevin M.G. Taylor)- Elsevier. Martin's Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Physical Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Principles in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, Patrick J. Sinko, 6th Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ed.
Contents
A part of the course is dedicated to traditional dosage forms and controlled release dosage forms that are introduced and framed according to the legislation of current European Pharmacopeia. The following dosage forms are discussed: solid oral dosage forms, semisolid dermatologic dosage forms, injectables. The course encompasses a practical part with laboratories of formulation technology and controls
