Discussion and presentation of the principles of designing a solid dosage forms and their effect on drug absorption; the merge of the scientific and technological aspects of solid dosage forms design which includes properties of solid dosage forms, the excipients used in these preparations and the physicochemical principles involved in formulating stable solid dosage forms guarantee high quality products in Pharmaceutical Industry; conventional and specific techniques and machines of industrial pharmacy, including direct compression, wet and dry granulation, microencapsulation, fluid bed and coating operations, tableting machine, compaction machine, capsules filing machines and techniques for evaluating solid dosage forms. (4 credit hours: 3 class hours and 3 practical hours)
