SYLLABUS
PHARMACEUTICS
1. History of the profession of Pharmacy in India in relation to Pharmacy education, industry, pharmacy practice, and various professional associations.
Pharmacy as a career
Pharmacopoeia: Introduction to IP, BP, USP, NF and Extra Pharmacopoeia. Salient features of Indian Pharmacopoeia
2. Packaging materials: Types, selection criteria, advantages and disadvantages of glass, plastic, metal, rubber as packaging materials
3. Pharmaceutical aids: Organoleptic (Colouring, flavouring,and sweetening) agentsPreservatives: Definition, types with examples and uses.
4. Unit operations: Definition, objectives/applications, principles, construction, and workings of:
Size reduction: Hammer mill and ball mill
Size separation: Classification of powders according to IP,Cyclone separator, Sieves and standards of sieves
Mixing: Double cone blender, Turbine mixer, Triple rollermill and Silverson mixer homogenizer
Filtration: Theory of filtration, membrane filter and sinteredglass filter
Drying: working of fluidized bed dryer and process offreeze drying
Extraction: Definition, Classification, method, and applications
5. Tablets – coated and uncoated, various modified tablets (sustained release, extended-release, fast dissolving, multi- layered, etc.)
Capsules - hard and soft gelatine capsules
Liquid oral preparations - solution, syrup, elixir, emulsion,suspension, dry powder for reconstitution
Topical preparations - ointments, creams, pastes, gels,liniments and lotions, suppositories, and pessaries
Nasal preparations, Ear preparations
Powders and granules - Insufflations, dusting powders, effervescent powders, and effervescent granules
Sterile formulations – Injectables, eye drops and eyeointments
Immunological products: Sera, vaccines, toxoids, andtheir manufacturing methods.
6. Basic structure, layout, sections, and activities of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants Quality control and quality assurance: Definition and concepts of quality control and quality assurance, current good manufacturing practice (cGMP), Introduction to the concept of calibration and validation.
7. Novel drug delivery systems: Introduction, Classificationwith examples, advantages, and challenges.
