3111 (v.3) Pharmaceutics 320


Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 50.0
Contact Hours: 4.5
 
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Lecture: 1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 12936 (v.2) Pharmaceutical Chemistry 200 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Drug stability - stability indicating assays. Chemical decomposition including hydrolysis, oxidation and photolysis. Effects of pH, solvent, dielectric constant and ionic strength on drug stability. Formulation of polypeptides. Sterilisation - dry heat, moist heat, and other forms of sterilisation. Sterilisation testing. Radiopharmacy. Dissolution and bioavailability. In-vivo determination of bioavailability using plasma and urinary data. Bioequivalence of drug products. Antimicrobial preservatives - incidence of microbial contamination and standards for the microbiological quality of pharmaceuticals. Choice of antimicrobial agent in formulated products. Drug delivery systems and drug targeting.
 
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Field of Education: 60117 Internal Medicine
Funding Cluster: 09 - Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

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2005 Bentley Campus Full Year Y        
Area
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Central
External
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Partially
Online
Internal
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Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External