The objective of this course is to introduce upper year chemical/biochemical engineering students to pharmaceutical manufacturing. An overview of the pharmaceutical industry and its regulations will be presented, followed by the basic concepts of the major manufacturing methods and their component unit operations. Examples of the manufacturing of selected pharmaceutical drugs will be presented.

Prerequisite(s): CBE 3322A/B, CBE 3323A/B, CBE 3324A/B, CBE 3325A/B.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour.