PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY
cod. 1000727

Academic year 2016/17
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Fabio SONVICO
Academic discipline
Farmaceutico tecnologico applicativo (CHIM/09)
Field
Discipline chimiche, farmaceutiche e tecnologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
56 hours
of face-to-face activities
7 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

The goal of the course is to provide the fundamental knowledge on the dosage forms, with particular emphasis on the role of the different components. The student will learn the nature and the classification of the excipients in order to be able to understand the role of the different their role in the different dosage forms and administration ways. At the end of the coarse the student should be able to understand and describe the various approaches for optimizing the therapeutic efficacy of an active ingredient.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course deals with the modern approach at the preparation of medicines, at the comprehension of the characteristics of the different dosage forms and of the peculiarity of some administration routes

Full programme

• Drugs, dosage forms and medicines.
• Pharmacopoeia and Formulary
• Administration way and pharmacokinetics.
•Biopharmaceutical Classification System

• Unit Operation: Crystallisation, Distillation; Drying; Lyophilisation Sterilization; granulation.

• Pharmaceutical excipients.

• Dosage forms: powders; granules; capsules, tablets, suppositories drops, syrups: suspensions; emulsions; ointments; eyewash; injectables; aerosols; herbal remedies.

• Stability

Bibliography

-Farmacopea Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, XII Edizione, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma (2015);
-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).

Teaching methods

The course will be carried out through frontal lessons during which the biopharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic aspects of the drug administration will be presented and discussed.
The most critical unit operations will be presented as well as the detailed description of the various classes of excipients and their role in the formulation.
Finally, to pursue the course goals the various dosage forms will be presented and discussed in agreement with the Pharmacopoeia classification.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam with questions aiming at ascertain the knowledge, the comprehension capability and the competences acquired by the student. The results will be evaluated in 30th.
The whole evaluation will be the average of the notes obtained in the two modules.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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