In this unit of study students learn to evaluate the physicochemical principles, design, formulation, and manufacture of pharmaceutical dose forms. The formulation of liquid dose forms including parenteral, nasal, ophthalmic and aural products is discussed. Related topics such as diffusion and dissolution of drugs, drug solubilisation, surface and interfacial tension, surface active materials, micelle formation, pharmaceutical complexes and drug-packaging interactions are covered. Other topics covered in this unit include biomaterials; solid dose forms and particle science that comprise tableting and capsule technology; rheology, freezing point depression, osmosis, dispersion dose forms including suspensions, colloidal dispersions, and emulsions; topical dose forms and semisolids; inhalation pharmaceutical aerosols; medicinal cannabis, biologics, vaccines and their formulations; rectal products; novel drug delivery technologies. Aspects pertaining to the stability of dose forms are also presented in this unit.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Pharmacy |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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6 credit points of Biochemistry, 12 credit points of Chemistry, 12 credit points of Pharmacology, 12 credit points of Physiology |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Veysel Kayser, veysel.kayser@sydney.edu.au |
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Demonstrator(s) | Jing Shan, jsha4408@uni.sydney.edu.au |
Abdulsalam Alharbi, aalh0429@uni.sydney.edu.au | |
Rina Nuwarda, rina.nuwarda@sydney.edu.au | |
Miftahus Saadah, miftahus.saadah@sydney.edu.au | |
Lecturer(s) | Andrew Bartlett, andrew.bartlett@sydney.edu.au |
Veysel Kayser, veysel.kayser@sydney.edu.au | |
Nial Wheate, nial.wheate@sydney.edu.au | |
Hien Duong, hien.duong@sydney.edu.au |