Advanced Drug Delivery
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| PHAR3032 | Pharmacy | 3 | 20 | Autumn Malaysia |
- Code
- PHAR3032
- School
- Pharmacy
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn Malaysia
Summary
Target Students
BSc Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences students
Classes
- One 2-hour workshop each week for 3 weeks
- One 2-hour un assigned each week for 2 weeks
- Two 2-hour lectures each week for 10 weeks
Assessment
- 30% Workbook: Open book assignment (In-module)
- 70% Written Examination (2-hour): 2 hours exam
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module builds upon the Biopharmaceutics module (PHAR2013). It provides an in-depth review of the new approaches to advanced drug delivery with particular emphasis on the novel materials used in drug and delivery system design. The physiological factors which affect particular drug delivery technologies are discussed in relation to those systems. Course contents include modified drug delivery systems developed for oral and parenteral routes; technologies which are either currently in the market or likely to reach the market place in the next few years. It will also provide students intending to take up a research or industrial career with an overview of developments in drug delivery systems.Learning Outcomes
After completing this module students should be able to:
1. Understand the area covered by advanced drug delivery and its relationship with pharmaceutical research, the pharmaceutical market and the pharmaceutical industry.
2. Understand the properties of polymers and how they relate to Advanced drug delivery systems.
3. Understand the meaning of controlled release, the different types of controlled release, the different mechanisms of controlled release and the advantages and disadvantages of controlled release systems. Appreciate the concept of 3D printing.
4. Understand some of the anatomical and physiological barriers which affect macromolecular and particulate drug delivery systems, namely epithelia, endothelia, membranes and metabolism.
5. A good appreciation of peptide/protein delivery systems.
6. A good appreciation of advanced drug delivery as applied to different routes of delivery (transdermal and lung, targeted oral and brain delivery).
7. A good understanding of vector-based and nano drug delivery system (resealed erythrocytes, liposomes, niosomes, ethosomes, carbon nanotubes, quantom dots).
Conveners
- Dr Mohammed Tahir Ansari