GALENIC PREPARATIONS LABORATORY
Learning outcomes of the course unit
To provide the students with the theoretical and practical knowledge required for a proper compounding
Course contents summary
The content of the course are relevant to the skills for the modern and correct approach to the pharmaceutical compounding with particular emphasis to the preparations of various dosage forms and the responsibility of the Pharmacist in this respect
Recommended readings
-Farmacopea Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, XII Edizione, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma (2008);
-P. Colombo, P.L. Catellani, A. Gazzaniga, E. Menegatti, E. Vidale Principi di Tecnologie Farmaceutiche, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano (2004)
-M. Amorosa, Principi di Tecnica Farmaceutica, Libreria Universitaria L. Tinarelli, Bologna (1998).
F.Bettiol, Manuale delle preparazioni galeniche, Tecniche Nuove , Milano (1995).
Letture consigliate:
A.J. Winfield, R.M.E. Richards, Pharmaceutical Practice second edition, Churchill Livingstone London (1998);
A. Le Hir, Tecnica Farmaceutica, Edizione italiana a cura di G. Pifferi, Masson, Milano (1981).
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures and laboratory practices
Assessment methods and criteria
Practical and written examinations.
