CH E 471 - Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Processes

(3 units)

Prerequisites: CH E 320 or BME 370 or C E 335 or MAE 333 all with a grade of “C” or better.
An introduction to the essential operations and regulatory aspects used in manufacturing pharmaceutical products, scale-up, troubleshooting and optimization. Discussions of the pharmaceutical product lifecycle, variability, testing and ingredients specifications. Unit operations addressed include feeding, blending, granulation, drying and compaction.

Letter grade only (A-F). Lecture 3 hours May be repeated for 3 units in different semester.