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Pharmaceutics Course

Name: Pharmaceutics Course
Price: 1794 ZAR

Master the science behind how drugs are formulated, stabilised, and delivered with this comprehensive Pharmaceutics Course. From solid dosage forms and sterile injectables to nanotechnology and biopharmaceutical products, you will build the technical expertise pharmaceutical scientists rely on every day. This course covers regulatory frameworks, biopharmaceutics, and advanced drug delivery systems in rigorous, practical depth.

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What you will learn:

This course gives you a thorough grounding in pharmaceutical sciences, starting with the physicochemical properties that govern formulation decisions and advancing through solid, liquid, semisolid, sterile, and controlled-release dosage forms. You will study biopharmaceutics classification, dissolution modelling, and in vitro-in vivo correlation to predict how formulations perform in the body. Stability testing, packaging science, and degradation kinetics prepare you to design products with reliable shelf lives. Supplementary modules cover nanotechnology, protein formulation, process analytical technology, and pharmacokinetics for formulators. You will also strengthen quantitative skills through pharmaceutical calculations and statistical methods applied to real development scenarios.

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Course content

8 Chapters • 38 LessonsDuration between 4 and 360 hours (you decide)

Chapter 1See details

Foundations of Pharmaceutics

Lesson 1 • Physicochemical Properties of Drugs
Covers solubility, pKa, partition coefficient, and polymorphism as determinants of drug behaviour. Links molecular properties to formulation strategy selection.
Lesson 2 • Drug-Excipient Interactions
Examines how excipients modify drug stability, release, and bioavailability. Provides the basis for rational excipient selection in later formulation chapters.
Lesson 3 • History and Scope of Pharmaceutics
Traces pharmaceutics from ancient remedies to modern drug delivery science. Contextualises the discipline within pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical industry roles.
Lesson 4 • Regulatory and Quality Frameworks
Introduces Good Manufacturing Practice principles and pharmacopeial standards governing pharmaceutical quality. Establishes compliance expectations applied throughout the course.

Chapter 2See details

Pharmaceutical Solutions and Dispersions

Lesson 1 • Colloidal and Micellar Systems
Introduces colloid science, critical micelle concentration, and solubilisation capacity relevant to drug delivery. Prepares students for advanced nanoparticle topics in later chapters.
Lesson 2 • Pharmaceutical Solutions
Covers solvent systems, co-solvency, and tonicity adjustment for oral and parenteral solutions. Connects solubility principles from Chapter 1 to practical formulation decisions.
Lesson 3 • Emulsions and Microemulsions
Explains emulsification theory, HLB system, and stability mechanisms for oil-in-water and water-in-oil systems. Introduces microemulsions as thermodynamically stable alternatives.
Lesson 4 • Suspensions: Formulation and Stability
Teaches particle size control, flocculation, and rheology management to produce physically stable suspensions. Builds on drug-excipient interaction concepts for suspending agent selection.

Chapter 3See details

Solid Dosage Form Design

Lesson 1 • Quality Control of Solid Dosage Forms
Applies pharmacopeial tests for weight variation, hardness, friability, disintegration, and dissolution to assess tablet and capsule quality. Reinforces regulatory compliance introduced in Chapter 1.
Lesson 2 • Tablet Compression and Coating
Covers compression mechanics, tooling, and common tablet defects, followed by film and enteric coating processes. Connects granule properties to final tablet quality attributes.
Lesson 3 • Granulation Techniques
Teaches wet, dry, and direct compression granulation methods with mechanistic rationale for each. Links powder properties to granule quality and downstream tablet performance.
Lesson 4 • Powder Properties and Characterisation
Covers particle size, flow, compressibility, and surface area as critical quality attributes of solid formulations. Establishes measurement techniques used in subsequent granulation and compression sections.
Lesson 5 • Capsule Formulation
Examines hard and soft gelatin capsule design, fill formulation, and shell compatibility. Provides an alternative solid dosage strategy complementing tablet formulation knowledge.

Chapter 4See details

Semisolid and Topical Dosage Forms

Lesson 1 • Penetration Enhancement Strategies
Examines chemical enhancers, physical methods, and vesicular carriers that increase drug flux across skin. Builds on permeation theory to guide rational enhancer selection.
Lesson 2 • Skin Structure and Drug Permeation
Reviews skin anatomy and barrier function as the basis for topical and transdermal drug delivery design. Connects physicochemical drug properties to permeation pathway selection.
Lesson 3 • Ointments, Creams, and Gels
Covers base selection, rheological behaviour, and manufacturing of semisolid dosage forms. Distinguishes therapeutic and cosmetic applications of each base type.
Lesson 4 • In Vitro Release Testing for Semisolids
Applies Franz diffusion cell and membrane-based methods to characterise drug release from semisolid formulations. Links release profiles to regulatory expectations for product comparability.
Lesson 5 • Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
Designs matrix and reservoir transdermal patches for controlled systemic drug delivery. Evaluates adhesive selection, rate-controlling membranes, and in vitro permeation testing.

Chapter 5See details

Parenteral and Sterile Dosage Forms

Lesson 1 • Principles of Sterile Manufacturing
Covers cleanroom classification, environmental monitoring, and aseptic processing requirements for sterile products. Establishes the regulatory and microbiological foundation for this chapter.
Lesson 2 • Container-Closure Systems
Evaluates glass, plastic, and elastomeric components for extractables, leachables, and seal integrity. Reinforces regulatory quality expectations for sterile product packaging.
Lesson 3 • Formulation of Injectable Products
Addresses tonicity, pH, solubilisation, and lyophilisation for small-volume and large-volume parenterals. Applies excipient compatibility knowledge to sterile formulation constraints.
Lesson 4 • Ophthalmic and Other Sterile Preparations
Formulates eye drops, ointments, and nasal sterile products with attention to tonicity, viscosity, and preservative selection. Extends sterile formulation principles to non-injectable routes.
Lesson 5 • Sterilisation Methods
Compares moist heat, dry heat, filtration, radiation, and gas sterilisation methods with selection criteria. Connects sterilisation choice to drug stability and container compatibility.

Chapter 6See details

Biopharmaceutics and Drug Release

Lesson 1 • In Vitro-In Vivo Correlation
Establishes IVIVC levels A, B, and C and their use in predicting bioavailability from dissolution data. Enables formulation scientists to reduce clinical studies through predictive modelling.
Lesson 2 • Food Effect and Bioavailability Enhancement
Analyses how food composition, gastric emptying, and bile secretion alter drug absorption and formulation performance. Guides strategies to mitigate or exploit food effects.
Lesson 3 • Biopharmaceutics Classification System
Explains BCS classes based on solubility and permeability and their implications for formulation strategy and biowaiver eligibility. Connects physicochemical properties from Chapter 1 to in vivo outcomes.
Lesson 4 • Dissolution Testing and Modelling
Applies USP dissolution apparatus, method development, and mathematical models to characterise drug release kinetics. Links dissolution data to in vivo absorption prediction.
Lesson 5 • Drug Absorption Mechanisms
Covers passive diffusion, active transport, efflux, and first-pass metabolism as determinants of oral bioavailability. Provides mechanistic basis for route and formulation selection.

Chapter 7See details

Controlled and Modified Release Systems

Lesson 1 • Matrix and Reservoir Systems
Covers hydrophilic matrix, insoluble matrix, and reservoir coated systems with mechanistic drug release analysis. Connects polymer selection to desired release kinetics.
Lesson 2 • Principles of Modified Release Design
Defines delayed, extended, and pulsatile release and their pharmacokinetic rationale. Establishes design criteria linking target plasma profiles to release mechanism selection.
Lesson 3 • Osmotic Drug Delivery Systems
Explains elementary osmotic pump and push-pull osmotic pump design for zero-order oral drug delivery. Demonstrates how osmotic pressure drives precise, predictable release independent of GI conditions.
Lesson 4 • Multiparticulate and Pellet Systems
Designs coated pellets, beads, and mini-tablets as flexible multiparticulate platforms for modified release. Highlights reduced dose-dumping risk and flexible dosing compared to monolithic systems.
Lesson 5 • Parenteral and Implantable Controlled Release
Covers microspheres, in situ gels, and implantable rods for long-acting parenteral drug delivery. Applies polymer degradation science to achieve weeks-to-months release profiles.

Chapter 8See details

Pharmaceutical Stability and Packaging

Lesson 1 • Excipient and Formulation Stabilisation
Covers antioxidants, chelating agents, buffers, and lyoprotectants as formulation tools to retard degradation. Connects degradation mechanisms to targeted stabilisation strategies.
Lesson 2 • Accelerated and Real-Time Stability Testing
Applies Arrhenius kinetics and international stability guideline conditions to predict shelf life from accelerated data. Designs stability protocols for new drug products and post-approval changes.
Lesson 3 • Pharmaceutical Packaging Materials
Evaluates glass, plastic, blister, and strip packaging for moisture vapour transmission, oxygen permeability, and light protection. Links packaging selection to stability data and regulatory requirements.
Lesson 4 • Cold Chain and Special Storage Requirements
Addresses refrigerated, frozen, and controlled room temperature storage requirements for biologics and temperature-sensitive products. Prepares students to design cold chain management strategies.
Lesson 5 • Chemical Degradation Pathways
Identifies hydrolysis, oxidation, photodegradation, and isomerisation as primary drug degradation routes. Provides mechanistic understanding needed to design stabilising formulations and storage conditions.

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This course is for you:

Pharmacy graduate: seeking deeper formulation science knowledge beyond clinical training.
Junior formulation scientist: building systematic expertise to advance in drug development.
Regulatory affairs professional: wanting technical grounding to evaluate formulation submissions confidently.
Biotech research associate: expanding skills into drug product development from drug discovery.
Career changer from chemistry: transitioning into the pharmaceutical industry with structured guidance.
Manufacturing technician: aiming to move into a science-based formulation or development role.

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