Diploma in Pharmacy / Бакалавр (Diploma) в Области Фармацевтического Дела

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitlePHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY II
Course Unit CodePHA402
Course Unit DetailsInt.M. Pharmacy (Required Courses) - BSc Pharmacy (Required Courses) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated6
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Recognise well the common pharmaco-technological forms.
  2. Recognise the way of preparation of these forms.
  3. Recognise the techniques of testing the correct preparation of these forms.
  4. State the technological and physical properties the formulations should acquire.
  5. State the common excipients and their physicochemical properties.
  6. Distinguish how sterilisation can be achieved and tested.
  7. Analyse how the transdermal absorption of drugs can be facilitated.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesPHA308Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents�  Solid pharmaceutical preparations, tablets (simple, coated, enteric coated, effervescent), capsules, lozenges. Semisolid forms, foams, ointments, creams, (tooth) pastes, suppositories. Liquid forms, solutions, syrups, elixirs, liniments. Sterile forms, ophthalmic preparations, injectables,
�  Preparations administered to the respiratory system (by inhalation), liquids-solutions (by nebulization), solids-fine powders (by special applicators). Transdermal pharmaceutical forms (fentanyl, nicotine, hormones), enhancers of transdermal absorption. Excipients and other assisting materials are described technologically, in addition to the used active ingredients.
�  The technical procedures, e.g. granulation. The mechanical, physical, physicochemical, properties required of the active drug or any of the intermediates up to the final product, and the specifications of each of the ingredients, as well as of the final products are set and methods of control and assessment.
�  Antimicrobial compounds used in Pharmaceutical Technology and sterilization methods, as well as the microbial load and contamination are determined according to the case and needs. Design and preparation of solid state forms of controlled release.
Laboratory work: Preparation of a mixture for effervescent tablets, Determination of resistance of tablets to pressure, Determination of tablets dissolution, Examination of sterility of injectable preparations and determination of microbial load of an ophthalmic solution (collyre).
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • M. E. Aulton, K. Taylor, C. Livingstone, Pharmaceutics: The Science of Dosage Form Design, 2nd ed., 2001.
  • Σ. Μαλαματάρης, Τεχνολογία Στερεών Φαρμακευτικών Μορφών, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, Υπηρεσία Δημοσιευμάτων, 1995.
  • Σ. Μαλαματάρης, Τεχνολογία Υγρών και Στείρων Φαρμακευτικών Μορφών», Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, Υπηρεσία Δημοσιευμάτων, 2004.
References
  • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Remington: The science and practice of Pharmacy, 21st ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks.
Lectures are accompanied with laboratory work which is carried out in the pharmacy laboratory.
Assessment methods and criteria
Tests20%
Laboratory20%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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