Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Delivery SystemsMSc

Advanced Laboratory Techniques and Statistical Analysis

This module aims to enhance your laboratory skills in order to better prepare you for a career in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, you will acquire the skills to present scientific methodologies and data in an engaging and succinct fashion. You will improve your abilities in recording, processing, and conducting proper statistical analyses of laboratory data. Finally, you will cultivate critical thinking skills by evaluating the merits and limitations of scientific papers.

Drug Delivery Systems

This module provides an advanced understanding of drug delivery systems technologies.
This module is designed to provide students with (a) an in-depth understanding of the design of contemporary drug delivery systems, (b) the mechanisms by which these therapeutic agents exert their mode of action, (c) and the various routes of drug administration that can be exploited to maximise their time-specific and site-specific targeted drug delivery. Also, it will aid students with an understanding of the principles which describe and control the effective delivery of drugs from their delivery systems to target sites; to enable students to appreciate the importance of the manufacturing process and the stability of drug formulation in the overall development of new products, and to enable students to examine selected ethical issues surrounding drug development and delivery.

Drug Discovery Technology

The aim of this module is to provide an up-to-date understanding of chemical and biological technologies used in the drug discovery process.

This module aims to provide:

1. students with knowledge and understanding of how chemical and biological technologies are used in drug discovery process
2. an opportunity for extensive in-depth research and critical assessment of a topical issue

Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology and Controls

This module is designed to provide you with an in-depth understanding of the manufacture of contemporary pharmaceuticals with a particular emphasis on quality and regulatory controls. By undertaking this module you will:

1. gain a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory and quality systems required for the development of pharmaceuticals.
2. gain an in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes from small scale to commercial scale.
3. be able to illustrate and present a pharmaceutical industry perspective of manufacturing and development of pharmaceuticals in the 21st century.

Pharmaceutical Analysis

This module is designed to provide you with an up-to-date understanding of the range of analytical techniques in use in the pharmaceutical industry and the QA processes that they underpin. By undertaking this module you will:

1. gain a more in depth understanding of the principles of the major analytical techniques.
2. be able to evaluate and assess the appropriateness of analytical methods for specific applications.
3. gain an understanding of the role of quality assurance procedures in pharmaceutical analysis.

Research Project for Pharmaceutical Science

This module provides an opportunity to apply previously acquired knowledge and skills to a pharmaceutical research problem, and to undertake, critically evaluate, reflect and report on, an individual experimental programme.
The aim of this module is to ensure you will apply be provided the opportunity
1. to experience more advanced experiments in research methods.
2. to develop into independent researchers.
3. to prepare novel materials, and/or make measurements of the physical and chemical properties of novel materials and/or investigate educational issues related to pharmaceutical science teaching
4. to apply acquired knowledge and skills to a pharmaceutical research problem
5. to independently, critically evaluate, and report on, an experimental programme on a pharmaceutical science topic.

Advanced Drug Formulation Technologies

This module is designed to provide students with (a) an in-depth understanding of current and (b) emerging formulation technologies for optimising dosage forms, (c) the mechanisms by which these therapeutic agents exert their mode of action (d) and the various routes of drug administration that can be exploited to maximise drug interactions. Also, it will aid students with an understanding of how to identify and critically evaluate the key factors and stages involved in designing formulations; enable students to appreciate the importance of the manufacturing process and the stability of drug formulation in the overall development of new products, and to enable students to examine selected ethical issues surrounding drug development and delivery.

Bioinformatics and Molecular Modelling

The module uses online databases and software to extract, analyse and interpret DNA and protein sequences and to model structures of proteins.
This module aims to provide familiarity with the primary databases and common software packages used to analyse DNA, RNA and protein sequence, expression and structure, within and across genomes. It will also develop informatic skills for extracting, analysing and presenting data to extract biological knowledge and students will apply the principles of macromolecular, and in particular protein, structure to the building f molecular models using modelling and graphics software. The module will examine applications of modelling with emphasis on understanding the interactions between proteins and other molecules of biological or synthetic origin.