UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BBT051

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Biotechnology · Sem 5 (Departmental Elective-I)

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Pre-requisites: Basic Knowledge of

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction to drugs and pharmacy

5 hrs

An overview and history of pharmaceutical industry. Introduction: Therapeutic categories such as Analgesics, Anticancer, Antiviral, Anticoagulant, Analgesics, Antibiotics, Use of therapeuticagents, Biopharmaceuticals.

Unit2

Unit 2

Bulk drug manufacturers, Type of reactions in bulk drug manufacture and processes. Specialrequirement for bulk drug manufacture.

Unit3

Unit 3

15 hrs

Compressed table, wet granulation-dry granulation or slugging-direct compression-tablet presses,coating of tablets, capsules, sustained action dosage forms-parental solution-oral liquidsinjections-ointment-topical applications, Preservation, analytical methods and test for variousdrug and pharmaceuticals, packing-packing techniques, quality management.

Unit4

Unit 4: New drug development and approval process

9 hrs

Strategies for new drug discovery, finding a lead compound, combinatorial approaches to new drug discovery, pre-clinical and clinical trials, GMP, Economics of drug development.

Unit5

Unit 5

11 hrs

The business and the future of Biopharmaceuticals. Drug regulation and control.Scope and applications of biotechnology in pharmacy. B.Tech. (Biotechnology) 3rd Year Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow

Course Objectives1 points
  • To teach the basic concept of Pharmaceutical products and other therapeutic agents. To develop understanding of drug manufacturing process, storage packaging and storage of APIs. To provide knowledge of regulatory knowledge, approval of new drug and economics of drug development. To develop understanding of marketing, regulation and control and scope of pharmaceutical industry.
Course Outcomes (COs)6 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand concepts and application of pharmaceutical industry, Therapeutic agents, biopharmaceuticals.
  2. CO2Understand the process off drug manufacturing, processing, preservation, analytical methods and quality management.
  3. CO3Apply the knowledge of new drug development, GMP.
  4. CO4Use knowledge of Drug regulation and control.
  5. CO5Scope and applications of biotechnology in pharmacy.
  6. CO6Economics of drug development in pharma industry.

REFERENCES

  1. Walsh, G., (1998) Biopharmaceuticals: Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Wiley.
  2. Leon Lachman et al (1986) Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy, 3 Edition, Lea and Febiger
  3. Remington’s (1971) Pharmaceutical Science, Mark Publishing and Co B.Tech. (Biotechnology) 3rd Year Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow COURSE DETAILS: PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 11, 12, 13 of the original AKTU PDF.

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