DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PHARMACOTHERAPY
A series of lectures by experts covering: i) introductory drug development and delivery system development processes; ii) various drug delivery routes (oral, topical, rectal, vaginal, urethral, nasal, and pulmonary); iii) various delivery systems (conventional, ophthalmic, CNS, and recent advances); iv) delivery systems related to biofilms, infection, and vaccines.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in the Doctor of Pharmacy program with second year standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe theories, approaches, concepts, and current research findings in the area of drug delivery. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply knowledge of drug development, dissolution, and dosage forms to delivery systems. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify the characteristics of various common dosage forms and describe/recognize/explain how composition impacts drug release, stability, and bioavailability. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate, using knowledge of mathematics, chemistry, and biology, concepts of solubility, stability, drug release, dissolution, diffusion, partitioning, dose, absorption, and disposition as related to pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate underlying principles of advanced drug delivery systems which are either entering clinical practice or on the advanced stage in clinical trials/development phase. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify the rationale for therapeutic use, administration route, formulation, and manufacture of common dosage forms. Audience: Graduate 7. Utilize proper techniques and skills to be able to advise patients and health care professionals on drug storage, handling, and administration, as well as be able to identify factors that influence bioavailability and related safety issues. Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate professional and ethical responsibility. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe theories, approaches, concepts, and current research findings in the area of drug delivery. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply knowledge of drug development, dissolution, and dosage forms to delivery systems. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify the characteristics of various common dosage forms and describe/recognize/explain how composition impacts drug release, stability, and bioavailability. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate, using knowledge of mathematics, chemistry, and biology, concepts of solubility, stability, drug release, dissolution, diffusion, partitioning, dose, absorption, and disposition as related to pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate underlying principles of advanced drug delivery systems which are either entering clinical practice or on the advanced stage in clinical trials/development phase. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify the rationale for therapeutic use, administration route, formulation, and manufacture of common dosage forms. Audience: Graduate 7. Utilize proper techniques and skills to be able to advise patients and health care professionals on drug storage, handling, and administration, as well as be able to identify factors that influence bioavailability and related safety issues. Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate professional and ethical responsibility. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027