Unit 1 Sterile Dosage Forms

12 lecture hours

• Pre-formulation & Formulation: Evolution
• Large scale manufacture & packing with focus on equipment with reference Parenterals & ophthalmic dosage forms
• Layout design & Unit operations related to above dosage forms

Unit 3 Stability evaluation

4 lecture hours

• Stability evaluation of pharmaceutical dosage forms

Unit 4 Pharmaceutical Packaging

6 lecture hours

• Introduction to Packaging
• classification of Packaging
• essential requirements
• Functions of Packaging
• Importance / significance of Pharma Packaging
• Properties of Ideal Package
• Packaging formats in Pharma Industry
• FDA Definitions

Unit 5 Introduction to packaging material, classifications of packaging materials

10 lecture hours

• Introduction to glass
• plastic and metal as packaging material
• types of glass
• plastic & metal and their advantages & disadvantages
• type of glass
• plastic and metal containers and their evaluation methods
• Introduction to ancillary packing materials
• Introduction to Closures & sealing system
• classification of contemporary closures by their utility
• Special closures
• sealing system
• closure liners
• tamper proof closures

Unit 6 Introduction of blister packing and strip packing, types of blisters, blister & strip

• packaging process
• advantages & disadvantages
• machinery used for blister and strip packing
• other packages
• child resistant packing
• Packaging of Sterile Pharmaceuticals
• Packaging Components
• Packaging of Ophthalmics
• Selection of Packaging
• packaging of aerosols
• Defects in packaging
• New trends in pharmaceutical packaging. 10 Subject Code: 3173618 w.e.f