FARM4110 – Comprehensive Biopharmacy and Formulation Technology
Course description
Course content
The most important topics in this course are? physico-chemical and biopharmaceutical properties and how these properties affect the production, quality and biological effect of drug formulations. The course provides knowledge on advanced biopharmaceutics. Various formulation principles and dosage forms are also reviewed.
Learning outcome
After completing the course you will
- have advanced knowledge of the formulation and manufacture, shelf life and quality assurance of galenic preparations
- have a thorough understanding of preformulation, formulation and biopharmaceutical aspects of drugs, including biological drugs (such as peptides and proteins)
- have a thorough understanding of accelerated durability studies and kinetics
- be able to discuss the causes of poor bioavailability and / or stability of a preparation and consider which formulation measures must be taken to optimize the formulation with
- be able to work in groups and present the results in the form of a poster, seminar or equivalent
Admission to the course
The course is only available to students enrolled at the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Oslo.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
- FARM1100 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- FARM1110 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 1
- FARM1120 – Social Pharmacy
- FARM1130 – Pharmaceutically Based Organic Chemistry
- FARM1140 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 2
- FARM1150 – Pharmaceutical Based Biochemistry
- FARM2100 – Medicinal Chemistry
- FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1
- FARM2120 – Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
- FARM2130 – Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry
- FARM2140 – Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- FARM2150 – Formulation of Drugs and Quality Assurance in Drug Production
- FARM3100 – Pharmacognosy
- FARM3110 – Pharmacotherapy 2
- FARM3120 – Medicine Use and Public Health
- completed and approved pharmacy practice period in FARM3130 – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
- passed the compulsory HSE-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.
For students admitted to the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy until and including 2016 and who have been transferred from the old study plan, separate formal prerequisite knowledge apply. These are in professional compliance with the formal prerequisite knowledge that apply to the course, but may be replaced by courses from the old study plan, as well as transitional courses. Students on transitional arrangements may contact the study administration for a complete overview of the formal prerequisite knowledge required.
Course exemptions:
Laws and regulations describing the overall learning outcome regulate the Pharmacy programme.?Exemptions are only granted if all learning outcomes in the course are covered.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with FRM3000 – Pharmaceutics (discontinued).
Teaching
- 30 hours of lectures
- 20 hours of seminars
- 16 hours of laboratories with?laboratory reports (compulsory)
Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and mandatory submissions must be approved to pass the exam.?Read more about what applies in the event of absence from compulsory activities.
As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance.?Read about your insurance cover as a student.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Compulsory participation and approved assignments are valid for 3 years.
Examination
Oral exam with 1 hour for preparations and 45 minutes examination. The oral exam counts 100% of the final grade.
This course has mandatory assignments that must be approved before you can sit the finale exam.
Withdrawal from an examination:
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:
Examination support material
Casio FX-991EX calculators are handed out to all exam candidates at the beginning of the exam. You may not use your own calculator on the exam.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in Norwegian. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.