This department offers higher education in the field of Pharmaceutics to students holding a Pharm.D degree, and has accepted students to study for a doctorate degree (Ph.D) in Pharmaceutics since 1994. Subject areas taught by this department include: homogeneous and heterogeneous dosage forms, physical pharmacy, biopharmacy and pharmacogenetics, medicinal technology, physic-chemical control of medicines and dosage forms.
The first intake of Ph.D students received their degrees in 1997 and at present six students are in the process of completing the said course. After studying the aforementioned subject matters for 2 years, the applicants meet the admission requirements for research in the field of medicinal sciences. In order to be awarded the Ph.D certificate, success in the research-based thesis is required.
Courses held Ph.D
SUBJECT TAUGHT TO STUDENTS ON FOLLOWING COURSES: Pharmacy, Residency in Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Preparation of novel controlled - release formulations : This system includes osmotic pumps, microencapsulation of drugs, liposomes, etc. An attempt is being made to obtain zero order releaseformulations using different kinds of polymers and excipients. The affecting parameters on release rate from different formulations are being investigated.
Solubility and solubilisation of medicines in co-solvency : Research in this field is carried out theoretically (model-making) and practically. Research involves applying principles of co-solvency to the formulation of dosage forms such as solutions of lorazpom, furosemide and hydrocortisone.
Stability of Pharmaceutical substances : An attempt is being made to study the effects of various excipients with different physicochemical properties on the chemical stability of drugs, with an aim to select the best excipient which can be used in the formulation of unstable drugs.
Bioavailibility of drugs :This includes the methods of increasing the dissolution rate of poorly soluble drugs by techniques of solid dispersion or solvent deposition. These methods are used for the preparation of anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory medicines and the absorption of these medicines are investigated both theoretically and practically. The effect of formulation variables on bioavailability of anti- diabetic medicines is also being investigated.
Crystallization of drugs and excipients for improvement of mechanical properties of poorly compressible and compactable powders: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of impurity or additives type of solvent and the cooling rate on the shape and deformation of crystals (plasticity and elasticity of drug and excipients). In this research, we try to increase compression and compaction properties of poorly compactible drugs and excipients.
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