Learning objectives
The goal of the course is to provide the theoretical knowledge beyond the functioning of the various dosage forms for therapy in order to understand the way for optimizing the therapeutic efficacy of an active pharmaceutical ingredient
Course unit content
The course concerns the modern approach to the medicine production, the composition and the characteristics of the various dosage forms as well as of the peculiarity of certain administration routes
Bibliography
-Farmacopea Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, XII Edizione, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma (2008);
-P. Colombo, P.L. Catellani, A. Gazzaniga, E. Menegatti, E. Vidale Principi di Tecnologie Farmaceutiche, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano (2004)
-M. Amorosa, Principi di Tecnica Farmaceutica, Libreria Universitaria L. Tinarelli, Bologna (1998).
Letture consigliate:
A.J. Winfield, R.M.E. Richards, Pharmaceutical Practice second edition, Churchill Livingstone London (1998);
A. Le Hir, Tecnica Farmaceutica, Edizione italiana a cura di G. Pifferi, Masson, Milano (1981).
