The content of Italian Pharmacopoeia XII ed,European Ph 8ed -Pharmaceutical procedures,- Conventional solid, semisolid and liquid dosage forms -Transdermal and ocular drug delivery systems -The Health Care Organization and the Italian National Health Service, -The pharmaceutical market: structures and regulation on the dispensation of medicines. Laboratory practice: each student will deal with the preparation, the quality control and packaging of galenic products (powders, capsules, tablets, solutions, syrups, emulsions and suspensions, suppository, topical semi-solid preparations).