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PHARMACEUTICAL FORMS
cod. 18378

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Farmaceutico tecnologico applicativo (CHIM/09)
Field
Discipline chimiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Integrated course unit module: PHARMACEUTICAL FORMS-PHARMACEUTICAL LEGISLATION

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Learning objectives

<br />To provide a deep knowledge of the fundamental principles of drug formulation, with particular attention to the methods of preparation, administration routes and drug absorption.  

Prerequisites

It is preferable to have already passed the exams of “general chemistry” and “organic chemistry”.

Course unit content

<br />- Type of dosage forms: oral, topic, transdermal, ophthalmic, parenteral, nasal, pulmonary, vaginal and rectal.<br />- Italian and European Pharmacopoeia.<br />- Methods of grinding, mixing, granulation, compression, drying, filtration, sterilisation, dissolution and distillation.<br />- Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics.<br />- Administration routes and drug absorption.<br />- Stability and storage of the dosage forms.<br />- Modified release of the drugs.<br />- Herbal products.<br />- Homeophatic formulations.<br />- Serums and vaccines.<br />- Radiodrugs.<br />- Veterinary medicines.

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Bibliography

<br />P. Colombo, P.L. Castellani, A. Gazzaniga, E. Menegatti, E. Vidale, “Principi di Tecnologie Farmaceutiche”, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano (2004).<br />M. Amorosa, “Principi di Tecnica farmaceutica”, Libreria Universitaria L. Tinarelli, Bologna (1998).<br />Farmacopea Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, XI Edizione, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma (2002).<br /> 

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