VI. Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology (PP)
Pharmaceutics is concerned with the scientific and technological aspects of the design and manufacture of drug dosage forms. An understanding of pharmaceutics is therefore vital to all pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists who are involved in converting a drug or a potential drug into a dosage form that can be delivered safely, efficiently and conveniently to the patient.
The Department seeks the optimal development of a drug delivery product and its subsequent performance in the delivery of the drug from designed form following its administration to a patient.
The integrated undergraduate pharmacy program provides students with the interdisciplinary experience in learning. Our department will continue to impact the pharmaceutical field in Egypt with the scholarly development of exciting pharmaceutical research projects.
Courses Offered or Supervised by Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology (PP) : Pharm D – (New Bylaw 2019)
| Required Courses | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmacy Orientation | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 101 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| The course describes the basic information of all aspects of professional pharmacy, including the mission of pharmacy, role and responsibility of pharmacists in society, pharmacy careers, classification of medications, and interpretation of prescriptions, medication orders, and sources of drugs, different dosage forms and various routes of administration. In addition to the history of pharmacy practice in various civilizations. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Medical Terminology | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 102 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course deals with basic components of medical terms (roots, prefixes, suffixes, and linking or combining vowels) and how does the medical terminology work by combining these basic components. The course also includes commonly used prefixes, and roots of body system, as well as the commonly used medical abbreviations and diseases. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Physical Pharmacy | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 103 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course provides the students with knowledge of physicochemical principles essential for the design and formulation of pharmaceutical products. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of states of matter, phase equilibrium, colligative properties, solubility, dissolution, partition coefficient, surface and interfacial phenomena, surface active agents, adsorption and its application in pharmacy and rheological behavior of dosage forms. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutics I | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 201 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course is concerned with the study of the system of weights, measures and pharmaceutical calculations requisite to the compounding, dispensing, and utilization of drugs in pharmacy practice. It will also comprise all manufacturing formulations aspects, packaging, storage and stability of liquid dosage forms including solutions (aqueous and non-aqueous), colloids, suspensions and emulsions with emphasis on the technology and pharmaceutical rationale fundamental to their design and development. The incompatibilities occurring during compounding are also considered. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutics II | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 202 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course describes the principles and techniques involved in the formulation and manufacturing of traditional dermatological semisolid dosage forms and cosmetic products. It also covers the structure and function of the skin, target area of treatment after topical application, basic principles of diffusion through membranes and factors affecting percutaneous absorption, enhancement of skin penetration and transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS). | |||||||||
| Course Title | Communication Skills I | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 203 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 1 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course will develop students’ communication and presentation skills and train them to present themselves and their ideas orally and written in an effective manner that leads them to excellence and leadership in their Work and life. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutics III | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 301 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| The course describes the principles and techniques involved in the formulation, and manufacturing of solid dosage forms including powders, granules, tablets, capsules and suppositories. It introduces the main principles of the kinetics of drug decomposition including rate and order of reaction, determination of the half-life, expiry date and shelf-life by different methods, stability testing, and in- vitro possible drug/excipients interactions. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 302 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the relation between the physicochemical and biological properties of the drug and its fate in the body. The course explores the principles of biopharmaceutics and strategies for enhancing drug delivery and bioavailability. Students will also be introduced to the principles of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination). The concepts of bioequivalence, biowaiver and in vitro-in vivo correlations (IVIVC’s) will be discussed along with different models of drug disposition. The course prepares students for their evolving role in utilizing pharmacokinetics to guide formulation, dosage-regimen design and optimizing drug usage. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutics IV | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 303 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course involves principles of formulation, development, sterilization, packaging and quality control testing of pharmaceutical sterile drug products. Principles for calculation and manipulation of parenteral and ophthalmic preparations are emphasized. An in depth study on the formulation, manufacturing, quality control testing and applications of aerosols and other inhalation products is also,accentuated. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Technology I | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 401 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| The course aims to provide students with insights and competencies related to the principles of pharmaceutical pre- formulation as a gateway to dosage forms design and formulation. This course deals with the principles of various techniques in unit operations such as size reduction, size separation, size analysis , size enlargement, mixing, emulsification, tableting and coating involved in the process development, scale-up and manufacturing of pharmaceutical drug products in industry (conventional / advanced nanotechnology based) | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Technology II | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 402 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 1 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| The course is a continuation of the study of various unit operations essential in pharmaceutical industry with emphasis on evaporation, drying, filtration, centrifugation, crystallization and extraction. It focuses on the application of these unit operations in pharmaceutical industry with emphasis on the equipment and machines used during the production of different dosage forms. In addition, container/closure systems, some of the packaging processing methods will be covered. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Good Manufacturing Practice | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 501 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course involves the principles of the Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). It exposes students to all aspects of validation, calibration, inspection and the requirements for manufacturing facilities. It also provides students with a review of the process engineering, technology transfer, personnel management, training and hygiene, premises and contamination control, documentation and auditing, process deviation with emphasis on risk management, complaint handling and product recall theory. Introduction to the quality systems as it applies to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products will be also described. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Communication Skills II | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 502 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 1 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| On successful completion of this course the student should be able to express his / her feelings, ideas and exchanging information and knowledge with others in health care provider team, build human relations with the group i.e. acquiring interprofessional skills. Give and receive criticism, deal with different personality types, mutual cooperation and better team work performance, better decision-making and problem-solving. | |||||||||
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| Course Title | Advanced Drug Delivery Systems | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD 503 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 0 |
| The course introduces the students to the formulation principles and applications of novel and targeted drug delivery systems. In addition to formulation aspects of biotechnology derived pharmaceuticals including proteins, genes and others. It also covers the application of polymers and excipients to solve problems/issues concerning the optimization of absorption, selective transport, and targeting. | |||||||||
| Elective Courses | |||||||||
| Course Title | Cosmetics Preparations | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD E01 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 2 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| The course introduce the students’ with the knowledge of cosmetic products regarding their nature, formulations, indications and unwanted effects. Its information is of particular interest for conveying proper counseling to consumers looking for Pharmacist’s consultation as a drug expert. In addition to the introduction of application of nanotechnology in cosmetics products. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD E02 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 2 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| this course will provide the student with basic concepts and terminologies in nanoscience. The student will gain sufficient knowledge about introducing nanotechnology into the pharmaceutical field with higher emphasis on drug delivery.The student will understand the rationale for employment of nanotechnology in pharmaceutical formulation and evaluation processes. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Supply Chain Management | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPD E03 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 2 | Practical | 0 |
| Course Description: | |||||||||
| This course describes the process of buying: learning of the need, locating and selecting a supplier, negotiating price and other significant terms, and following up to ensure delivery. In addition, it includes stores, traffic, receiving, incoming inspection, and salvage of good | |||||||||
Pharm-D (Clinical Pharmacy) – (New Bylaw 2019) :
| Required Courses | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmacy Orientation | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 101 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| The course describes the basic information of all aspects of professional pharmacy, including the mission of pharmacy, role and responsibility of pharmacists in society, pharmacy careers, classification of medications, interpretation of prescriptions, medication orders, and sources of drugs, different dosage forms and various routes of administration. In addition to the history of pharmacy practice in various civilizations. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Medical Terminology | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 102 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course deals with basic components of medical terms (roots, prefixes, suffixes, and linking or combining vowels) and how does the medical terminology work by combining these basic components. The course also includes commonly used prefixes, and roots of body system, as well as the commonly used medical abbreviations and diseases. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Physical Pharmacy | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 103 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course provides the students with knowledge of physicochemical principles essential for the design and formulation of pharmaceutical products. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of states of matter, phase equilibrium, colligative properties, solubility, dissolution, partition coefficient, surface and interfacial phenomena, surface active agents, adsorption and its application in pharmacy and rheological behavior of dosage forms. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms I | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 201 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course is concerned with the study of the system of weights, measures and pharmaceutical calculations requisite to the compounding, dispensing, and utilization of drugs in pharmacy practice. It will also comprise all manufacturing formulations aspects, packaging, storage and stability of liquid dosage forms including solutions (aqueous and non-aqueous), colloids, suspensions and emulsions with emphasis on the technology and pharmaceutical rationale fundamental to their design and development. The incompatibilities occurring during compounding are also considered. The course will also briefly study the basic principle of sterile products including parenteral, ocular formulations, etc. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms II | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 202 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course describes the principles and techniques involved in the formulation and manufacturing of traditional dermatological semisolid dosage forms and cosmetic products. It also covers the structure and function of the skin, target area of treatment after topical application, basic principles of diffusion through membranes and factors affecting percutaneous absorption, enhancement of skin penetration and transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS). Fabrication, testing of aerosols and other inhalation products is also accentuated. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Communication Skills I | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 203 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 1 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course will develop students’ communication and presentation skills and train them to present themselves and their ideas orally and written in an effective manner that leads them to excellence and leadership in their Work and life. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms III | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 301 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| The course describes the principles and techniques involved in the formulation, and manufacturing of solid dosage forms including powders, granules, tablets, capsules and suppositories. It introduces the main principles of the kinetics of drug decomposition including rate and order of reaction, determination of the half-life, expiry date and shelf-life by different methods, stability testing, and in- vitro possible drug/excipients interactions. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Technology | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 302 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| The course provides students with an introduction to industrial pharmacy. It deals with the principles of preformulation and various unit operations such as emulsification, drying, filtration, centrifugation, size reduction, size separation, size enlargement and others. In addition to tableting and coating. It focuses on the application of these unit operations in pharmaceutical industry with emphasis on the equipment used during the production of different dosage forms. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 303 | Credit Hours | 3 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 2 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| The course is concerned with the exploration and examination of the physicochemical properties of drugs in the physiological environment and their impact on product performance. It explores the principles of biopharmaceutics and strategies for enhancing drug delivery and bioavailability Also it introduces the students to basic pharmacokinetic parameters and mathematical aspects. General principles of pharmacokinetic models are presented as they pertain to the process of absorption, distribution and elimination of drugs in humans and the significance of these processes in drug therapy. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Communication Skills II | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 304 | Credit Hours | 1 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 1 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| On successful completion of this course the student should be able to express their feelings, ideas and exchanging information and knowledge with others, build human relations with the group. Give and receive criticism, deal with different personality types, mutual cooperation and better team work performance, better decision-making and problem-solving. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Advanced Drug Delivery Systems | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC 401 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 2 | Tutorial | 0 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| A continued study of pharmaceutical dosage forms with emphasis on novel and targeted drug delivery systems. In addition to formulation aspects of biotechnology derived pharmaceuticals. It also covers the application of polymers and excipients to solve problems/issues concerning the optimization of absorption, selective transport, and targeting. | |||||||||
| Elective Courses | |||||||||
| Course Title | Cosmetics Preparations | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC E01 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 2 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| The course introduce the students’ with the knowledge of cosmetic products regarding their nature, formulations, indications and unwanted effects. Its information is of particular interest for conveying proper counseling to consumers looking for Pharmacist’s consultation as a drug expert. In addition to the introduction of application of nanotechnology in cosmetics products. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Good Manufacturing Practices | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC E02 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 2 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course involves the principles of the Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). It exposes students to all aspects of validation, calibration, inspection and the requirements for manufacturing facilities. It also provides students with a review of the process engineering, technology transfer, personnel management, training and hygiene, premises and contamination control, documentation and auditing, process deviation with emphasis on risk management, complaint handling and product recall theory. Introduction to the quality systems as it applies to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products will be also described. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC E03 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 2 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course will provide the student with basic concepts and terminologies in nanoscience. The student will gain sufficient knowledge about introducing nanotechnology into the pharmaceutical field with higher emphasis on drug delivery.The student will understand the rationale for employment of nanotechnology in pharmaceutical formulation and evaluation processes. | |||||||||
| Course Title | Supply Chain Mangement | ||||||||
| Course Code | PPC E04 | Credit Hours | 2 | Lecture | 1 | Tutorial | 2 | Practical | 0 |
| Course description: | |||||||||
| This course describes the process of buying: learning of the need, locating and selecting a supplier, negotiating price and other significant terms, and following up to ensure delivery. In addition, it includes stores, traffic, receiving, incoming inspection, and salvage of goods. | |||||||||