Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Project Management and Techniques
Particularly relevant to the pharmaceutical industry – where projects could be small (e.g., lab based) to huge (whole site based) –this module will give you a good grounding in the principles and techniques in project management, enabling you to evaluate the processes associated with planning, controlling, executing and commissioning a specific project.

Quality in the Manufacture and Distribution of Medicines
This industry focussed module looks at how companies try to guarantee that the drugs they manufacture and distribute are of the highest quality to ensure safety and efficacy. It examines the underlying principles of Quality Assurance, a key element of quality management systems that underpin the pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industries.

Medicines: Scale-up, Formulation, and Manufacture (Optional)
This module will challenge students to think about the factors that need to be considered when working in the area of process development/laboratory scale, to identify potential hazards or processes that would prove challenging to perform on a bulk scale, e.g., when going from the lab to a production plant. and provide alternative pathways.

Analytical Techniques and Quality in the Laboratory
This module will allow students to develop the required laboratory skills to conduct accurate laboratory analysis while exploring the theory and requirements surrounding method validation principles and processes – Why validate? Learning is supported by a significant practical based experience.

Advanced Formulation Science
With a significant lab-based, hands on training component, the module expands students’ knowledge on the types, properties, and testing and characterisation of medicinal formulations with a particular focus on disperse pharmaceutical systems. Students are also able to investigate a formulation of their choice in depth.

Toxicology (Optional)
Many drugs are actually toxic substances that we take in controlled doses. This module will allow students to understand the principles behind the toxicological effects of substances on the body and the factors that influence this. Students will develop a knowledge of the range and classification of toxic substances.

Computational and Data-Driven Techniques in the Pharmaceutical Industry
At the cutting edge of advanced computing and applied mathematics, students will gain an understanding of the core techniques from data science and machine learning as applied to the pharmaceutical industry and future trends, e.g., artificial intelligence in drug discovery. Students will also gain practical computational skills through interacting with such systems.

Major Research Project, Professional Practice And Employability
Students develop or enhance their existing skills relevant to working in a professional setting, such as advanced and applied industry specific practical skills, research skills, communication, presentation, and employment ready skills. Students are enabled to showcase the acquirement of these skills.