UCL - NEW DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS

[FARM2512]

[20h + 10h] 3 credits

Teacher(s): Patrick Couvreur, Véronique Préat(coord.), Rita Vanbever

Language: French

Level: Second

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Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

By the end of the course, the students should be able to design of new drug delivery systems for drugs with low oral bioavailability.

Main themes

The new drug delivery systems addressed during the classes include transdermal and transmucosal drug delivery, nanocarriers (liposomes, nanoparticles), drug delivery in tissue engineering, the solubilisation of poorly soluble drugs.

Content and teaching methods

Interactive lecture courses during which the concepts are illustrated by many examples.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisite: physicochemistry, pharmaocokinetics

Evaluation: written exam

Course materials available on icampus