Universität Wien

322573 VU Drug Delivery to the Lungs - M7/M14 (2025S)

2.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 32 - Pharmazie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

In this course, you will be introduced to three important topics covering the design of new medications for inhalation:
1. The biopharmaceutics of drug delivery to the lung,
2. considerations for designing a new oral inhaled drug product, and
3. testing the aerosol performance of an inhaled product.

The activities and schedule are described below. Each section provides additional information on the activities we will perform together and on each activity's contribution to the overall marks.

11/03/2025- 09:30 - 12:30 - Introduction - Room 2F317
12/03/2025 and 13/03/2025 - Lab Day - Lab 2E165
14/03/2025 - 09:30 - 12:30 - 2E411- Data analysis and interpretation: BRING YOUR COMPUTER!
18/03/2025 - 09:30 - 11:30 - 2F161- Journal Club
20/03/2025 - 09:30 - 11:30 -2E411 - Report writing: BRING YOUR COMPUTER!

23/03/2025 - Deadline for submission of the raw data and data analysis
31/03/2025 - Deadline for submission of lab report

Assessment:
Data analysis - 20%
Journal club - 30%
A written report (5 to 6 pages) of practical results should be prepared following the document "Guide to Scientific Writing" - 50% of the final mark

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course you will be introduced to three important topics covering the design of new medications for inhalation: 1) The biopharmaceutics of drug delivery to the lung, 2) considerations for designing a new oral inhaled drug product, and 3) testing aerosol performance of an inhaled product. The activities and schedule are described below. Following this, each section provides additional information on the activities we will perform together, as well as the contributions of each activity to the overall marks.

Assessment and permitted materials

Journal club - 30%
Data analysis - 20%
A written report (5 to 6 pages) of practical results should be prepared following the document "Guide to Scientific Writing" - 50% of the final mark

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

A minimum of 50% muss be achieved to pass.

The Report will be a document written individually according to the Scientic method. It should be 5 to 6 pages (references not counting).

The Report will represent 50% of the final grade and will be marked according to the table below:

Section Format (%) Quality (%)
Introduction 5 5
Material and Methods 5 5
Results 5 5
Discussion 5 5
Conclusion 5 5

Examination topics

Reading list

M6 Vorlesung - LA Dailey
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/untMGS2dbAa3UMJ
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/2chEbqlvF6fWnIb
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/H3yNjaHfppoHna2
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/ZGHJdzs81zdMCSe
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/sRvHV5q5NvBBKSq
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/LUp4OSYOkGTI7PE

Association in the course directory

MA8, MA23

Last modified: Mo 10.03.2025 14:47