The student’s basic biochemistry and pharmacy education will be expanded with current concepts in biochemistry, molecular biology, analytical techniques, drug development, delivery and formulation relevant to the use and development of biotechnology-derived products, including protein and nucleic-based pharmaceuticals. The course provides extensive coverage of both basic science and applications of biotechnology-produced pharmaceuticals, with special emphasis on their clinical use and applications.

This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the principles of biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics that can be applied to drug product development and drug therapy. The course is devoted to the exploration and examination of the physical and physic-chemical behavior of drugs, dosage forms, and drug delivery systems in surrounding physiological environments and their implications for pharmaceutical care. Drug absorption processes, bioavailability, and bioequivalence will be highlighted.

This course is designed to cover various mechanisms of drug absorption; biological factors affecting gastrointestinal drug absorption; physicochemical chemical factors affecting gastrointestinal drug absorption; the dosage form consideration in oral drug absorption, bioavailability and bioequivalence; biopharmaceutical classification system; enhancement of oral bioavailability and the corresponding drug delivery systems; biopharmaceutics of non-oral medications and their new drug delivery systems; biopharmaceutics of sustained release formulations and other new therapeutic systems and devic