wfarm2516  2017-2018  Bruxelles Woluwe

3 credits
20.0 h + 10.0 h
Q2

  This learning unit is not being organized during year 2017-2018.

Language
French
Prerequisites
Galenic pharmacy course (e.a. WFARM2159) or similar basic knowledge in formulation of dosage forms and physical chemistry.
Main themes
The course covers the topic of pharmaceutical technology, first with an overview of the main unit operations, then with detailed presentation of selected technologies such as:
- sterilization (steam);
- drying (including cryodessication);
- air conditioning and humidification;
- coating (polymers, turbine, air fluidized bed etc.).
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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At the end of the course, the student will have the knowledge of the main unit operations involved in the industrial production of pharmaceutical forms. More specifically he/she will be able to:

- explain the physical, chemical or physicochemical principles underlying the unit operation in pharmaceutical technology for industrial-scale production;

- explain the operating principles of machines used for industrial-scale production;

- identify critical points for validation of machines or processes;

- solve numerical problems similar to those solved during the lectures (yield, efficiency, capacity, sizing).

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Starting with the water phase diagram, several industrial applications are described, from the technological perspective, such as freezedrying (frozen water ' sublimation), sterilization (steam), as well as drying and air conditioning (relative humidity).
Characterization methods and properties of both natural and synthetic polymers are described together with applications in the field of granulation, coating of dry forms, bottling and packaging by thermoforming.
Evaluation methods
based on a written examen covering theoretical questions and numerical problems similar to those described during lectures.
Bibliography
Le support de cours (dias power point) sont mises à disposition via iCampus.
Les ouvrages de références sont disponibles à la bibliothèque du secteur (Aulton's Pharmaceutics, Pharmacie galénique de Le Hir etc.)
Faculty or entity
FARM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Pharmacy