The lectures will focus on the following topics: Good Manufacturing Practices of Italian Pharmacopoeia XII ed, b. Packaging of drugs, c. Stability, stabilization and conservation of drugs, d. Italian tariff for the sale of medicinal products, e. Modified drug delivery systems, with particular regard to oral route, f. Micro- and nanoparticulate systems, g. Transdermal patchs, h. Pressurized Pharmaceutical Preparations, i. Formulations and dosage of biological drugs, l. Formulation of herbal drugs.
Laboratory: each student will make the preparation, the quality control and packaging of galenic preparations (powders, capsules, tablets, hydroalcoholic solutions, syrups, isotonic solutions, emulsions and suspensions, suppository, topical semi-solid preparations (ointments, creams, pastes and gels).