ER20-11T D.Pharm 1st Year • Updated 2026

Pharmaceutics
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01Unit 1
Chapter 1

History of the profession of Pharmacy in India in relation to Pharmacy education, industry, pharmacy practice, and various professional associations.
Pharmacy as a career
Pharmacopoeia: Introduction to IP, BP, USP, NF and Extra Pharmacopoeia. Salient features of Indian Pharmacopoeia

02Unit 2
Chapter 2

Packaging materials: Types, selection criteria, advantages and disadvantages of glass, plastic, metal, rubber as packaging materials

03Unit 3
Chapter 3

Pharmaceutical aids: Organoleptic (Colouring, flavouring, and sweetening) agents
Preservatives: Definition, types with examples and uses

04Unit 4
Chapter 4

Size reduction: hammer mill and ball mill
Size separation: Classification powder according to IP, Cyclone separator, Sieves and standards of sieves
Mixing: Double cone blender, Turbine mixer, Triple roller mill and Silverson mixer homogenizer
Filtration: Theory of filtration, membrane filter and sintered glass filter
Drying: working of fluidized bed dryer and process of freeze drying
Extraction: Definition, Classification, method and applications

05Unit 5
Chapter 5

Tablets – coated and uncoated, various modified tablets (sustained release, extended-release, fast dissolving, double layered)
Capsules – hard and soft gelatine capsules
Liquid oral preparations – solution, syrup, elixir, emulsion, suspension, dry powder for reconstitution
Topical preparations – ointments, creams, pastes, gels, liniments and lotions, suppositories and pessaries Nasal preparations, Ear preparations
Powders and granules – Insufflations, dusting powders, effervescent powders and effervescent granules
Sterile formulations – Injectables, eye drops and eye ointments
Immunological products: Sera, vaccines, toxoids and their manufacturing methods.

06Unit 6
Chapter 6

Basic structure, layout, sections and activities of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants Quality control and quality assurance: Definition and concepts of quality control & quality assurance, current good manufacturing practice (cGMP), Introduction to concept of calibration and validation