Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Bıopharmaceutıcs And Pharmacokınetıcs ECZ404 Turkish Compulsory 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
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Goals It aims to analyze the concepts of bioavailability, bioequivalence and pharmacokinetics, determination methods, mathematical evaluations, formulation parameters affecting these concepts, and examination of blood-time data of drugs with mathematical models, compartment models and/or noncompartmental models.
Course Content Terminology related to biopharmaceutical-pharmacokinetics, Pharmacokinetics, dosage form design relationship, Bioavailability and determination methods, its importance, Bioavailability enhancement recommendations, Importance of bioequivalence determination methods, Compartment models, Peeling Method
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Learns terminological concepts related to biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics.
2 Learns the concepts of bioavailability and bioequivalence.
3 Gains information about linear and nonlinear pharmacokinetics and determination.
4 Gains information about the analysis of pharmacokinetic parameters from blood data by peeling method.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Terminology about Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
2. Week Relationship of pharmacokinetic and dosage form design
3. Week Relationship of pharmacokinetic and dosage form design
4. Week Bioavailability analyses methods and importance
5. Week Bioavailability analyses methods and importance
6. Week Bioavailability enhancement suggestions
7. Week Bioavailability enhancement suggestions
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Bioequivalence analysis methods and importance
10. Week Bioequivalence enhancement suggestions
11. Week Compartmental models
12. Week Compartmental models
13. Week Compartmental models
14. Week Stripping / Peeling method
15. Week Stripping / Peeling method
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır.
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Modern Farmasötik Teknoloji, F. Acartürk, İ. Ağabeyoğlu, N. Çelebi, T. Değim, Z. Değim, T. Doğanay, S. Takka, F. Tırnaksız, Türk Eczacılar Birliği, Eczacılık Akademisi Yayını Yayın No: 1, Ankara, 2007.
  • Farmasötik Teknoloji, Temel Konular ve Dozaj Şekilleri, Ed.: Ayla Z. Gürsoy, Kontrollü Salım Sistemleri Derneği Yayını No: 2, İstanbul, 2004.
  • Bourne DWA, Pharmacokinetics, Ed: GS Banker, CT Rhodes, Modern Pharmacuetics, 4th ed., Marcel Dekker Inc., 2002
  • Gibaldi M, Perrier D. Pharmacokinetics, 2nd edition, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1982
  • Wagner JG, Fundamentals of Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Drug Intelligence Pub., 1979
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 8 8
Homework 1 1 5 5
Final 1 10 10
Classroom Activities 14 2 28
Total Workload 51
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0