Pre-formulation Studies: Introduction to pre-formulation, goals and objectives, study of physicochemical characteristics of drug substances.
Physical properties: Physical form (crystal & amorphous), particle size, shape, flow properties, solubility profile (pKa, pH, partition coefficient), polymorphism.
Chemical Properties: Hydrolysis, oxidation, reduction, racemization, polymerization. BCS classification of drugs & its significance. Application of pre-formulation considerations in the development of solid, liquid oral and parenteral dosage forms and its impact on stability of dosage forms.
Tablets: Introduction, ideal characteristics of tablets, classification of tablets. Excipients, Formulation of tablets, granulation methods, compression and processing problems. Equipment’s and tablet tooling.
Tablet coating: Types of coating, coating materials, formulation of coating composition, methods of coating, equipment employed and defects in coating.
Quality control tests: In process and finished product tests.
Liquid orals: Formulation and manufacturing consideration of syrups and elixirs suspensions and emulsions; Filling and packaging; evaluation of liquid orals official in Pharmacopoeia.
Parenteral Products: Definition, types, advantages and limitations. Preformulation factors and essential requirements, vehicles, additives, importance of isotonicity. Production procedure, production facilities and controls, aseptic processing. Formulation of injections, sterile powders, large volume parenteral and lyophilized products. Containers and closures selection, filling and sealing of ampoules, vials and infusion fluids. Quality control tests of parenteral products.
Ophthalmic Preparations: Introduction, formulation considerations; formulation of eye drops, eye ointments and eye lotions, methods of preparation, labeling, containers, evaluation of ophthalmic preparations.