Study Programmes 2015-2016
PHAR0343-3  
Pharmaceutical technologies and biopharmacy (part I)
Duration :
20h Th, 60h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in pharmacy (120 ECTS)4
Lecturer :
Brigitte Evrard
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
This course is devoted to the study of Pharmaceutical technology and biopharmacy which represents the science of transformation of the active substances into drugs. This one can contain one or more active substances and must be administered in the best adapted form, which generally claims the presence of excipients and a conditioning selected on scientific bases.
Learning outcomes of the course :
The objective of this teaching is the training of the student to the pharmaceutical formulation in terms of composition, manufacture and evaluation based on physicochemical and biopharmaceutical knowledge previously acquired. The purpose of it is to familiarize the student with the marketed pharmaceutical products and with the most common preparations produced in pharmacy open to the public before the officinal training course. This course is devoted to the study of the role of the excipients and manufacturing process of the conventional dosage forms. Topics are liquid formulations (solutions, syrups, eye lotions,..), dispersed systems (suspensions, emulsions), semi-solid preparations semi-solid (creams, ointments, gel...) and the solid dosage forms. 
The objectives of the practical work associated to this course is to integrate by personnal laboratory work, all the problems related to the formulation, the manufacture and the quality control of the dosage forms. The attention is particulary drawn to the follow-up of goog manufacturinf practice.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Physico-chemical principles applicated to Pharmaceutical Technology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
In line exercices
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
approximately 2h/week at Q1
60h practice at Q1
Recommended or required readings :
Lecture notes and the Power Point presentations are available
Assessment methods and criteria :
oral examination (A)
practice examination (B)
Interogations (C)
The final evaluation is the geometrical mean of A,B and C
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Attendence during practical work is mandatory. in the case of justified non-attendence leading to an attendance rate of below 90%, teachers reserve the right to take any action they judge necessary in order to allow the students to catch up the session(s).
Contacts :
B. Evrard, Professeur Laboratory of Pharmaceutical technology and Biopharmacy, Bât. B36 (niveau 2), 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman) Tél. : 04/366.43.00 - Fax : 04/366.43.02 - e-mail : B.Evrard@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : 04/366.43.01