310388 (v.1) Pharmaceutics 321

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.5
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	OR 310386 (v.2) Pharmaceutics 202 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Antimicrobial preservation; incidence of microbial contamination of pharmaceuticals, kinetics, standards and nature of organisms. Choice of, and factors influencing the use of antimicrobial preservatives in pharmaceutical formulations. Pharmacopoeial and regulatory evaluations of antimicrobial preservatives, disinfectants and antiseptics. Modes of action of antimicrobial preservatives. Sterilisation technology including dry heat, moist heat, ethylene oxide and radiation sterilisation. Concepts of bioavailability and bioequivalence. Biopharmaceutical classification scheme and factors influencing bioavailability. Dissolution testing and its role in bioequivalence evaluation. Factors influencing the dissolution rate of formulations. Drug development andpre-formulation. Peroral delivery forms including repeat and sustained release, modified delivery systems, enteral nutrition.
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Field of Education:	060117 Internal Medicine
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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