Polymers in Drug Delivery (PHAY0040)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences
Teaching department: School of Pharmacy
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: Only available to students on MSc PFE, MSc Pharmaceutics, MSci and MRes programmes in Chemistry, and MRes Drug Sciences
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module will consider in detail the use of polymers in drug delivery systems. It will first revise some fundamental concepts in drug delivery, before covering key aspects of polymer chemistry (synthesis and characterization). It will then describe the properties of polymer/drug composites, their characterization, and effects on drug solubility, release rates and mechanisms. The module will finish with discussion of some leading contemporary polymer-based drug delivery systems, and consider the likely future direction of this field.

List of lectures:

Introduction to polymers in drug delivery
Polymer chemistry
Polymer-drug composites
Drug release from polymer composites
Characterisation of polymer-drug composites
Practical session: Characterisation of polymer-drug composites
Fast-dissolving polymer formulations
Modified release formulations
Implantable polymer devices for peptide delivery
Future formulations

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 80% Fixed-time remote activity

20% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 7
Module leader: Dr Karolina Dziemidowicz
Who to contact for more information: sop.pgt@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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