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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
SBIM0460-1  Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Technology
Duration :  15h Th, 10h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Biomedicine, Research Focus, 2nd yearFirst semester3
Holder(s) :  Géraldine Piel
Language :  French language
Course contents :  1 Brief history

2 Objectives

3 Some definitions

4 The administration routes of medicines

5 The future of the medicine in the body: notions of bioavailability, bioequivalence, pharmacokinetics

6 The pharmaceutical forms

7 Modulation of the in vivo future of a medicine

  • How to control the release kinetics of the active principle
  • How to improve the bioavailability
  • How to control the distribution of the active principle in the body - the vectors.
  • How to control the site and the moment of liberation of the active principle.
Course objective :  The objective of this course is to give a global outline of the Pharmaceutical Technology, to present the possibilities that offers this discipline to modify the pharmacokinetic of an active substance, describe the current tendencies in the point of view of the biopharmacy as from the point of view of the technology.
Workshops :  Practical works will be organized so as to illustrate the notions approached in theoretical lessons.
Written notes :  Copy of the slides.
Assessment :  written examination
Contacts :  Géraldine PIEL, Chargé de cours adjoint
Tél : 04/3664308
Geraldine.piel@ulg.ac.be


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