Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutics is an advanced course based on the previous course Pharmaceutical manufacturing and is intended to give more profound understanding on the relationship between dosage forms, their manufacture/production, and their bioavailability (biopharmacy).
Dosage forms:
The central topic within dosage forms are physicochemical properties of drugs and excipients, and how these properties affect different dosage forms, choice of administration routes, the stability of drugs and biopharmaceutical properties.
Manufacture/production of dosage forms:
Manufacture/production of dosage forms focuses on pharmaceutical-technical procedures, involved in production processes, quality requirements and quality controll of dosage forms.
Bioavailability (biopharmacy):
A central topic within biopharmacy is how dosage forms, administration routes, and the physiological situation at absorption sites influence the effect of drugs.
Pharmaceutics contains a laboratory course, and theoretical and practical teaching within sterile dosage forms.
This course is a part of the Bachelor programme in Pharmacy.
After completing the course, the student can:
Knowledge
- account for production- /manufacturing processes of relevant dosage forms
- account for the importance of pharmaceutical-technical procedures
- account for structure and function of absorption sites for drugs
- account for sterile dosage forms, their production, quality control and sterilization procedures
- explain physical and chemical properties of dosage forms, and their importance in bioavailability
- identify the function of excipients in dosage forms
Skills
- Master fundamental skills within aseptic techniques and sterilization procedures
- discuss formulation principles for industrial produced preparations based on the information of ¿Felleskatalogen¿ or other reference books
General competencies
- present observations from laboratory exercises, and explain the observations based on relevant theory
1) Laboratory course in Pharmaceutics:
- Participation: Participation in the laboratory course is a criterion to take the written exam in this course
- Work requirements: In addition to the laboratory course the student will have to write reports from the laboratory work. The work requirements must be approved before the student can get the final grade in this course.
2) Laboratory course in aseptic Production:
- Participation: Participation in the laboratory course is a criterion to take the written exam in this course
- Work requirements: In addition to the laboratory course the student will have to write reports from the laboratory work. The work requirements must be approved before the student can get the final grade in this course.
There is a minimum of 80% attendance required at the laboratory- work.
Examination
Written school examination, 5 hours.