Formulation Design and Development - SMP0001

Assessment 1: Other

Formative assessment will include short seminar presentations to their peers and a visiting industrial expert on their product development, encouraging further discussion and thought generation.

Other

Assessment 1: Oral Assessment

Oral Assessment

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

Drug Design and Development

SMP4007 - Drug Design and Development

<p>The aim of this module is to provide an in-depth appreciation of all the stages from new drug identification to bringing a drug to the market and beyond, with an emphasis on biotechnology-based products. It is divided into two integrated streams, the first being drug design. Students will gain a critical appreciation of drug design and methods of discovery. Drug development will include pre-clinical, clinical and post-marketing surveillance aspects. The incorporation of advanced drug delivery strategies into current practice and future directions will be covered in detail. Students will be expected to integrate and apply their knowledge and skills in the development of their own formulation supported by representatives from the pharmaceutical industry and should be able to test the quality and performance of developed formulation in the laboratory.</p>

School of Applied Sciences

Pharmacy

SMP0001 - Formulation Design and Development

Formulation Design and Development

Critically appraise the benefits and challenges associated with drugs from biotechnology origins and future directions. 

Appreciate role of targeted therapies in future medicines.

Critically assess the drug discovery, design, development and manufacture of medicines with reference to current practice.

Debate how a drug’s key features impact its reactivity, action, physico-chemical, chemical compatibilities, degradation and stability.

Critically appraise drug and formulation design strategies with reference to key principles, approaches and potential future developments in major therapeutic areas.

Evaluate and make distinctions on all the stages involved in drug development and the methods used to ensure efficacy of medicines and biopharmaceuticals.

Correlate pharmaceutical principles with a literature survey to propose viable formulations, to orally describe and defend the proposed product and development profile and to manufacture it.