PHS 622 - Formulation and Manufacturing Laboratory

This course focuses on the practical aspects of formulation and manufacturing of various drug products such as tablets, capsules, solutions, parenterals, suspensions, emulsions, creams, ointments, gels and suppositories. This course also explores disperse system, sterile, and specialty dosage forms. Other topics include physicochemical properties of drug molecules and their effect on formulation, manufacturing, and administration of dosage forms; pharmaceutical calculations related to sterile preparations and specialty dosage forms; the governing regulations of USP 797; and sterile techniques, safe handling, labeling and disposal of bio hazardous materials. (Offered fall semester.) 2 credits