This course deals with fundamentals of pharmaceutical sciences and engineering to enable safe and effective use of drugs and their dosage forms for patients. The course covers basic parameters that have a critical impact on physical, chemical, and biological properties of drugs in solution and the human body and the dosage forms available for drug administration. The major goal is to provide the knowledge based upon which a pharmacist can make rational decisions in handling, storing, and formulating drug products for patients. The objectives are: (1) to understand in vivo context for the use of various dosing regimens; (2) to learn the relationship between the physicochemical properties of drug molecules and the dosage forms; (3) to comprehend the underlying principles of drug product development; (4) to apply knowledge to drug stability, formulation, and delivery optimizations; and (5) to develop problem-solving skills in order to solve specific pharmaceutical questions regarding a drug or drug product.

This course deals with fundamentals of pharmaceutical sciences and engineering to enable safe and effective use of drugs and their dosage forms for patients. The course covers basic parameters that have a critical impact on physical, chemical, and biological properties of drugs in solution and the human body and the dosage forms available for drug administration. The major goal is to provide the knowledge based upon which a pharmacist can make rational decisions in handling, storing, and formulating drug products for patients. The objectives are: (1) to understand in vivo context for the use of various dosing regimens; (2) to learn the relationship between the physicochemical properties of drug molecules and the dosage forms; (3) to comprehend the underlying principles of drug product development; (4) to apply knowledge to drug stability, formulation, and delivery optimizations; and (5) to develop problem-solving skills in order to solve specific pharmaceutical questions regarding a drug or drug product.