Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED B/K
Date of Decision: 2024-04-17
Effective: 2024-05-08
Main field: Pharmaceutical Technology
Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: B4-l, K4-l, MLAK1
Elective for: N5-nbm
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
The aim of this course is to give, based on basic knowledge of chemistry and chemical engineering give, a deepend understanding of formulation and production of pharmaceutical.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
The course describes pharmaceutical products and production with an emphasis on physicochemical and chemical engineering questions. It also describes what happens to the drug product in the living organism when administered through different routes. The course focuses on different pharmaceutrical formulations such as solutions, suspensions, emulsions, granulates, tablets, capsules, aerosols, creams etc.
Furthermore the course will give an overview of the quality aspects of pharmaceutical industry, and special requirements on pharmaceutical industry when it comes to demands from authorities both Swedish and international. The laboratory assignments will illustrate important formulation aspects and how to evaluate quality and physical chemical properties of the formulation. Furhtermore they will illustrate different quality documents in the industry.
Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Oral individuell presentation of home exam, quiz exam, active participation in case work and laborative work, written laboration reports according to industry and poster presentation in group of a project. Final grade is based on the individual presentation of the individual presentation of home exam.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Modules
Code: 0124. Name: Drug Formulation Oral Exam and Multipel Choice Test.
Credits: 4.0. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5).
Assessment: For grade 3 the student should pass the mandatory multipel choice test. For
higher degrees the student needs to do an oral exam
The module includes: Oral presentation of exam and quiz.
Code: 0224. Name: Project.
Credits: 2.0. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).
Assessment: Active participation in project and discussions concerning the project.
Poster
The module includes: A project where the students should describe a drug product based on an active substance and how to produce this. choose patient group and discusse ethical issues concerning the choices made.
Code: 0324. Name: Practical Assignment.
Credits: 1.5. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).
Assessment: Production master
Plan and report for one laborative assignment
Participate i seminar
The module includes: Two laborative assignments
Admission requirements:
Course coordinator: Professor Marie Wahlgren,
Marie.Wahlgren@food.lth.se
Course administrator: Peter Jensen,
peter.jensen@food.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.ple.lth.se/en/