Course: Testing Methods of Pharmaceutical Technology

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Course title Testing Methods of Pharmaceutical Technology
Course code KFCH/CA235
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šklubalová Zdeňka, doc. PharmDr. PhD.
  • Mužíková Jitka, PharmDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Modern test methods used in Pharmaceutical Technology include evaluation of solid phase properties, characterization of crystallinity and / or amorphous state (X-ray powder diffraction, thermal analysis), surface properties (wettability, porosity and pore distribution, water sorption / desorption, surface area), and particle size (laser diffraction, optical microscopy, aerodynamic determination). The subject is supplemented by specific pharmaceutical methods for excipients (e.g. penetrometry, density of solids, sieve analysis, powder flowability, powder fineness, specific surface) and for final preparations (dose uniformity, tablet strength and friability, disintegration of tablets or suppositories, dissolution tsting.)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course are the pharmacopoeial technological and selected physical and physico-chemical methods of evaluation of excipients, pharmaceutical products and dosage forms. Attention is also paid to the other methods not specified in Pharmacopoeia but used to extend evaluation.
finished master degree
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of physical and analytical chemistry

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Recommended literature
  • allen L.V. The Science and Practise in Pharmacy. 2011. ISBN 978-0857110626.
  • Česko. Český lékopis 2009 (ČL 2009). Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2994-7.
  • storey R.A. Solid State Characterizatin of Pharmaceuticals. 2011. ISBN 978-1405134941.


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