Instructor Information

Instructor	Email	Office Location & Hours
Associ.Prof.Hind El-Zein	dr.hindalzein@gmail.com	[Location, Hours, Days]

General Information

Studying the formulation of skin products (semisolid forms: ointment, crèmes, and gels, and transdermal patches).

Studying the excipients used in skin products and the factors influence drug absorption through skin.

Studying the formulations of suppositories, vaginal ovals and factors influence drug absorption through rectum.

1- Learning about the importance of skin products.

2- Classification of skin products, methods of preparation and control.

3- Learning about the importance of skin patches and methods of preparation.

4- Learning about suppositories and methods of preparation and control.

5- Learning about the vaginal ovals and methods of preparations and control.

Ansel’s Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, L. Allen, N. Popovich and H. Ansel

Pharmaceutics The Science of Dosage Form Design, Edit.: Michael E. Aulton, Pub.: Churchill Livingstone, 2nd edition, 200

	Week	Topic	Reading	Exercises
1	22/9-	Skin structure	Power point	Practical section
2	29/10	Factors influence drug absorption through skin..	Power point	Practical section
3	7/10	Classification of skin products	Power point	Practical section
4	14/10	Classification of skin products excipients according to chemical structure	Power point	Practical section
5	21/10	Classification of skin products excipients according to chemical structure	Power point	Practical section
6	28/10	Classification of skin products excipients according to chemical structure	Power point	Practical section
7	4/11	Gels excipients and PEG ointments	Power point	Practical section
8	11/11	Methods of skin products preparation and control	Power point	Practical sectionv
9	18/11	Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems TDDS	Power point	Practical section
10	25/11	Methods of preparation and evaluation of TDDS	Power point	Practical section
11	2/11	Suppositories( kinds and advantageous)	Power point	Practical section
12	9/11	Factors influence suppositories efficacy	Power point	Practical section
13	16/11	Semisynthetic excipients	Power point	Practical section
14	23/11	Methods of preparation and control	Power point	Practical section
15	30/11	Vaginal ovals (method of preparation and evaluation)	Power point	Practical section

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