Stability of Pharmaceuticals Credits: 3

Catalog description

The course provides instruction in the processes responsible for instability of pharmaceuticals. Course content includes, but is not limited to, instability due to light, oxygen, and metal ions; the effect of temperature on the rate of drug decomposition; the effect of dielectric constant and ionic strength on degradation; and physical and chemical instability of newer polypeptide drugs. In addition, practical strategies to prevent instability of the active compound and excipients used in pharmaceutical formulations is provided.