Department

Pharmaceutics

Scope of the department

Drug Formulation and Development: Pharmaceutics focuses on designing drug formulations, including oral, injectable, and topical forms, to ensure optimal drug delivery.
Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics: Studies how drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted to predict and enhance therapeutic outcomes.
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Quality Control: Ensures drugs are produced under strict quality control standards like GMP for safety, efficacy, and consistency.
Pharmaceutical Technology: Involves manufacturing techniques and the use of nanotechnology and biotechnology to improve drug delivery and formulation.
Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs: Monitors drug safety post-market and ensures compliance with regulatory standards like FDA and EMA.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analytical Techniques: Focuses on ensuring chemical stability and purity of drugs through advanced analytical techniques.
Patient-Centric Drug Products: Develops drug formulations tailored to patient needs for improved compliance, convenience, and targeted therapy.
Global Health and Access to Medicines: Works to improve the accessibility and affordability of medicines, especially in low-resource settings.
Research and Innovation in Drug Design: Engages in discovering new drugs and delivery systems, with a focus on targeted therapies for specific conditions.

The Department of Pharmaceutics is dedicated to excellence in research, education, and service, reflected in the remarkable achievements of its faculty, staff, and students. Pharmaceutics focuses on the relationships between drug formulation, delivery, disposition, and clinical response, serving as the bridge between drug discovery and patient application. It is the science of transforming a New Chemical Entity (NCE) into a safe, effective, and patient-friendly medication, with an emphasis on dosage form design.
Pharmaceutics is a dynamic and interdisciplinary field vital to the development, production, and delivery of pharmaceutical drugs. Its scope encompasses formulation science, where dosage forms like tablets, capsules, injections, and transdermal patches are designed and optimized to ensure stability, efficacy, and patient acceptability. It extends to innovative drug delivery systems, including controlled-release, targeted delivery, and nanotechnology-based approaches for precise therapeutic effects. The field also includes pharmaceutical manufacturing, focusing on scalable processes for the large-scale production of quality medications while maintaining adherence to regulatory standards. Biopharmaceutics plays a crucial role in understanding drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME), enabling predictions and improvements in clinical performance. Furthermore, regulatory science ensures that pharmaceutical products comply with laws and standards to guarantee safety and efficacy. This discipline ensures medicines meet therapeutic needs, enhancing health outcomes and improving quality of life.