Sistemas de Entrega de Fármacos

The primary objectives of the course are:

- to make students knowledgeable about the design, formulation and evaluation of drug and/or biomolecule delivery systems;

- to provide them with sufficient background to be able to read and understand the scientific literature in this area; - to foster creative, yet scientifically based, thinking regarding novel approaches or fundamental advances to be made in drug delivery;

- to select, produce and characterize a formulation in terms of morphological, physico-chemical, thermal properties, drug release kinetics, etc.

- gain proficiency in scientific presentation and writing skills in the forms of a written project as well as oral presentations to the entire class.