Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation I

The course aims to introduce the principles underlying the design, preparation and control of the main conventional and modified release pharmaceutical dosage forms. The course enables the students to acquire the necessary knowledge to understand the relationships between technological, biopharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic properties of medicinal products. Rationales and strategies to develop different dosage forms are defined, with particular regard to those intended for oral administration.

At the end of the course the student will have acquired skills in pharmaceutical technology that are fundamental for the industrial development, production and control of oral medicinal products.