- Docente: Paolo Blasi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Pharmacy (cod. 5985)
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from Mar 05, 2024 to Jun 04, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student: - possesses the knowledge and skills relating to the preparation and formulation of the various conventional pharmaceutical forms and other aspects of pharmaceutical technology and biopharmaceutics connected to the development of medicinal product, as well as the chemical-technological aspects connected to their industrial production; - possess the knowledge that allows understanding the logic behind the formulation of generic medicinal products and the evaluation of bioequivalence parameters; - possess the knowledge and skills relating to regulatory sciences with emphasis on the quality control of medicinal products.
Course contents
Introduction to medicinal products and dosage forms. Principles of biopharmaceutics.
Solid dosage forms. Powders. Granules and granulation. Tablets and compaction. Coating of tablets and multiparticulates. Hard and soft capsules. Suppositories and pessaries.
Liquid dosage forms. Interfacial phenomena. Properties of solutions, suspensions, emulsions. Syrups. Sterilization and sterile dosage forms. Parenterals.
Readings/Bibliography
P. Colombo et al., Principi di tecnologia farmaceutica, CEA, 2015.
M.E. Aulton et al., Tecnologie farmaceutiche: progettazione e allestimento dei medicinali. EDRA, 2015.
Teaching methods
Frontal instruction
Assessment methods
Oral exam on all the subjects discussed during the course.
Teaching tools
The material discussed and projected during the lessons will be avainabe in the app Virtuale.
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Blasi
SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.