n.BA.XX.MPTPr.23HS (Pharmaceutical Technology Minor Practical) 
Module: Pharmaceutical Technology Minor Practical
This information was generated on: 15 May 2024
No.
n.BA.XX.MPTPr.23HS
Title
Pharmaceutical Technology Minor Practical
Credits
6

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2023

 

Study Programme Biotechnology / Chemistry
Regulations Applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Biotechnology degree programme

RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Chemistry degree programme
Module Type  
X Compulsory Module    Elective Module    Optional Module
Planned Semester 5th Semester
Module Coordinator Steffi Lehmann
Telephone / E-Mail +41 (0)58 934 50 64 / steffi.lehmann@zhaw.ch
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Steffi Lehmann and further lecturers
Entrance Requirements Module groups: Natural Sciences 1-3; Practicals 1-3
Learning Outcomes and Competencies
  • Understanding of basic pharmaceutical and technological processes for the production and quality testing of solid, semi-solid, and liquid (sterile) pharmaceuticals
  • Overview of galenic basic operations
  • Knowledge of important pharmaceutical excipients.
  • Knowledge of relevant regulations of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Eur.)
  • Overview of experiments (in-vitro, including cell assays) for the biopharmaceutical characterisation of new formulations/drug delivery systems
  • Understanding of processes for the production and testing of modern nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems (e.g., electrospinning, production of lipid-based formulations, synthesis of mesoporous silica particles)
Module Content The internship consists of two blocks.

Block 1 is conducted as a structured internship with the following content:
  • Pharmaceutical reference books
  • Basics in piopharmaceutics
  • Excipients and active substances
  • Identity and purity testing according to Ph.Eur.
  • Powder technology (powders and Granules)
  • Solid oral dosage forms (tablets, capsules, coated, modified release)
  • Suppositories
  • Semi-solid dosage forms (ointments, creams, gels, pastes)
  • Liquid sterile dosage orms (parenterals)

In Block 2, students will work in pairs on an individual project in which a nanotechnology-based drug delivery system is developed. The work will take place under the supervision of the lecturers involved in the Pharmatec minor. In this project, students will perform each and every step, from design and manufacturing to the biopharmaceutical testing of the drug delivery systems themselves.
 
Follow-up Modules Minor project report
Methods of Instruction  Structured practicals, individual course work
Digital Resources All resources on Moodle
Lesson Structure / Workload  
 Contact Hours 56
 Guided Self-Study 28
 Independent Self-Study 96
 Total Workload 180
Classroom Attendance Students must attend the practicals
Assessment Course work 100%: Written practicals report, normally completed in groups of 2
Language of Instruction  German
Comments Aulton’s pharmaceutics

Safety regulations must be observed

 

Course: Pharmaceutical Technology Minor Practical
No.
n.BA.XX.MPTPr.23HS.P
Title
Pharmaceutical Technology Minor Practical

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  • No module description is available in the system for the cut-off date of 15 May 2024.