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Pharmaceutical Drug Development Lab


Course Description

A focus on pharmaceutical drug development, including material characterization, formulation development (excipient selection and compatibility), manufacturing and quality control, and testing of solid oral dosage forms. Understanding and applying good laboratory/manufacturing practices used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to do additional experiments in the laboratory to develop in-depth understanding and prepare a presentation and/or report.


Athena Title

Pharm Drug Development Lab


Prerequisite

PMCY 3300L or permission of department


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student Learning Outcomes

  • Upon successful completion of this course, student must be able to understand and apply good laboratory/manufacturing practices used in pharmaceutical industry.
  • Upon successful completion of this course, student must be able to design, conduct, and analyze preformulation experiments in pharmaceutics.
  • Upon successful completion of this course, student must be able to formulation development of solid oral dosage forms - capsules.
  • Upon successful completion of this course, student must be able to understand principles of pharmaceutical analysis and application of analytical techniques in pharmaceutical development.

Topical Outline

  • Good laboratory practices (GLP)/Good manufacturing practices (GMP)
  • Material characterization
  • Formulation development
  • Thermal analysis
  • Quality control testing

Syllabus