Department of Pharmaceutics including Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

The Department of Pharmaceutics has a rich tradition of innovation and a commitment to advancing health through new knowledge. Pharmaceutics is the study of relationships between drug formulation, delivery, disposition and clinical response. It encompasses a molecular evaluation of drug metabolism and transport processes and the study of genetic, environmental and disease-related factors that regulate or perturb those processes, as well as the fundamental mathematical relationships between enzyme/transporter function, blood concentration-time profiles and the spectrum of pharmacological effects.

A pharmaceutical scientist:

  • characterizes physical properties of drugs
  • develops innovative delivery systems for drugs
  • Quantitatively evaluates drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and pharmacological activity in the living organism.
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Pharmaceutical biotechnology is a relatively new and growing field in which the principles of biotechnology are applied to the development of drugs. A majority of therapeutics drugs in the current market are bioformulations, such as antibodies, nucleic acid products and vaccines. Such bioformulations are developed through several stages that include: understanding the principles underlying health and disease, the fundamental molecular mechanisms governing the function of related biomolecules, synthesis and purification of the molecules; determining the product shelf life, stability and toxicity and immunogenicity; drug delivery systems; patenting and clinical trials.

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS

 

S.No

Name of the Equipment

Minimum required

Available

working

1

Ampoule sealing machine

1

1

1

2

Magnetic stirrer 500ml & 1 Litr capacity

5

5

5

3

Aseptic cabinet

1

1

1

4

Tablet coating machine

1

1

1

5

Ball mill

1

1

1

6

Double cone blender

1

1

1

7

Autoclave

2

2

2

8

Steam distillation still

1

1

1

9

Vacuum pump

3

3

3

10

Standard sieves no. 8, 10, 12, 22, 44, 66, 80

1

1

1

11

Tablet punching machine

1

1

1

12

Capsule filling machine

1

1

1

13

Ampoules washing machine

1

1

1

14

Tablet Disintegration apparatus 

2

2

2

15

Hardness tester

5

5

5

16

Friability test apparatus

2

1

1

17

Clarity test apparatus

1

1

1

18

BOD Incubator

1

1

1

19

Digital pH meter

5

5

5

20

Bulk density

1

1

1

21

Hot plate

5

5

5

22

Humidity Chambers

1

1

1

23

Tray dryer

1

1

1

24

Moisture balance

1

1

1

25

Water bath

5

5

5

26

Ointment filling machine

1

1

1

27

Capsule counter

2

2

2

28

Homoginizer

5

5

5

29

Digital balance

5

5

5

30

Microscope

30

30

30

31

Stage and eye piece micrometers

30

30

30

32

Brookfileld viscometer

1

1

1

33

Sieve Shaker Machine

1

1

1

34

Extractive Distillator

1

1

1

35

Mechanical Stirrer

5

5

5

36

Suppository mold

25

25

25

37

Ultra Sonicator

4

4

4

38

Sterility tester

1

1

1

39

Franz Diffusion cell

5

5

5

40

Hot Air Oven

5

5

5

41

Tablet Dissolution test apparatus

2

2

2

42

Mortar and Pestle

40

40

40

43

Milli Pore Filter

1

0

0

44

Vacuum Distillator

2

2

2

45

Desiccators

5

5

5

46

Refrigerator

2

2

2

47

Tincture press

2

2

2

48

Centrifuge

2

2

2

49

Colony Counter

1

1

1

50

Antibiotic Zone Rader

1

1

1

51

Laminar Air Flow

1

1

1

52

Micropipette single & Multi Channeled

4

2

2

53

UV Cabinet

2

2

2

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE

 

S.No

Name of the Equipment

Minimum required

Available

Working

1

Autoclave sterilizer

1

0

0

2

Hot air oven

1

1

1

3

Membrane filter

1

0

0

4

Centrifuge

1

1

1

5

Filling Machine

1

1

1

6

Sealing Machine

1

1

1

7

Glucometer

1

1

1

8

Sintered glass funnel
with complete filtering assemble

Adequate

1

1

9

Small disposable membrane filter

for IV admixture filtration

Adequate

1

1

10

Vacuum pump

1

1

1

11

Surgical dressing

Adequate

1

1

12

pH meter

1

1

1

13

Blood Pressure Apparatus and
stethoscope

10

10

10

14

Clinical thermometer

10

10

10