Biopharmacy & Pharmacokinetics

.Module Description

Module Goals

This module aims to:

• ­Introduce students to the stages of biopharmacy and pharmacokinetics.
• Enable students to learn about biopharmaceutical considerations to be taken into account when formulating the drug to act within the human body.
• Provide students with information about the stages that the drug goes through within the body such as absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion.

Assessment Methods

• Individual questions, quizzes, evaluation of external activities, theoretical and practical tests. These constitute 40% of total mark of the
• A final exam constituting 60% of total mark.

Module Syllabus

The module provides information about:

• The most important physiochemical factors affecting the drug properties such as solubility (including degree of ionization, crystalline shape, fragmentation, the hydration state of the molecule).
• The most important formulation factors affecting drug development for different dosage forms (e.g. syrups, suspensions, capsules and compressed tablets).
• Absorption, its mechanisms, factors affecting it and possible interactions.
• Drug distribution, from the attachment or binding with proteins to the arrival to the targeted tissue, the factors affecting it and possible drug interactions.