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May 02, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 2 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PSC 6001 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Analysis
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
Through didactic instruction and laboratory experience, this elective practical course introduces the pharmacy student to analysis of critical quality and performance characteristics of pharmaceutical dosage forms. Students will learn, perform and interpret selected standard, compendial, chemical and physical tests of drug products and intermediates such as hardness, friability, disintegration, dissolution, content uniformity, dosage form potency, suspension stability/homogeneity, and moisture content (KF). The principles of cGMP in pharmaceutical testing will be presented, as well as the importance of product specifications. Practical considerations for API and product stability testing, including the concept of stability indicating methods, will be discussed.
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