SMIMM1141U Chemical Process Development and Production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
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This course is a compulsory course at the Master's Programme in Industrial Drug Development.
The course is intended for drug development professionals with contact to chemical process development.
Compulsory for Master of Industrial Drug Development (MIND)
students, elective for other part-time master's students at the
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (subject to study board
approval) and open for freelance students who meet the admission
criteria.
All relevant subjects related to the chemical process development of biologically active compounds used as pharmaceuticals will be discussed. The course will begin with the discovery synthesis and end with the full-scale production process.
Basic conventions terms and definitions will be discussed. Focus will be placed on scale-up, process optimization, yield considerations, purification, validation, registration, and regulatory approval for new processes.
Various strategies to achieve a safe, more economical, and defensible process will be covered. Other topics to be covered include: Design of Experiments, route scouting, telescoping, 2nd generation processes, process monitoring, selection of appropriate in-process controls, process analytical technology (PAT), thermogravimetric analysis, reaction calorimetry, and differential scanning calorimetry.
Special topics are catalysis and stereochemistry
Further subjects are quality assurance, GLP and GMP considerations, Quality-by-Design (QbD), environmental considerations, life cycle management, emission limits and monitoring, resource consumption and CO2-emission, safety, hazard and operability, risk assessment and handling excessive reaction conditions.
The development of a safe and efficient manufacturing process of
an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) or bulk drug substance is
a substantial undertaking. A successful endeavour requires solving
problems within synthetic organic, physical organic, analytical and
environmental chemistry, engineering, and economics. An
understanding of chemical development and the particular challenges
during each phase is the primary focus of this course. A
combination of theory and practice using fresh examples from
industry and the literature will create the foundation for solid
decision-making skills and an understanding of the trade
terminology.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants are expected
to:
Knowledge
- The course will make the participants familiar with the terms, principles and methods used in developing a chemical process from discovery to routine manufacturing.
Skills
- The participants will be able to discuss different aspects and solutions to problems in a broad range covering scale-up, organization, planning, process monitoring, validation, life cycle management, registration, resource consumption, environmental and safety issues.
Competencies
The course provides a solid introduction to working in process
development. The successful participant will have the necessary
knowledge in the area to
- Closely interact with specialists and work as project leader where process development is a part of the project
- Identify and explain common risks and problems in process development
- Compute and critically apply various process metrics
The syllabus corresponds to about 200 pages in the textbook Practical Process Research and Development by Neal G. Anderson, Academic Press Inc., U.S., 2000. (ISBN 0-12-059475-7). In addition, 2-3 case studies reported in current journal articles will be subject to analysis. Lecture materials will be provided as handouts. Purchase of the textbook is optional; however, process chemists will find the text highly useful in their daily work.
• A relevant bachelor degree or equivalent
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant job experience
• Proficiency in English
Lectures are based upon a combination of selected material from the textbook, scientific papers and the lecturers' own work and experiences. The workshops encourage the participants to actively propose solutions to challenges that often occur during process development, based on relevant examples found in the current literature.
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 2
- Lectures
- 20
- Preparation
- 50
- Theory exercises
- 10
- Total
- 82
1 August 2013.
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examination, 2 hours under invigilationExamination design: The examination consists of a multiple choice test and of 1-2 literate problems based on a case story.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
Certain pocket calculators are allowed.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Exam period
21 October 2013 at 2-4 pm
Criteria for exam assesment
The grade 12 is given when the examinee
- gives a well structured presentation with a clear outline
providing exact and correct answers
- demonstrates aplomb comprehensive view and combines convincingly
the learned elements
- demonstrates with few unimportant deficits: Aplomb mastering of
relevant terms, principles and methods used for developing a
process from discovery to production.
The grade 7 is given when the examinee
- gives a coherent presentation providing understandable
unambiguous answers, the great majority of which should be correct
- documents a certain overview over the learned elements and with
minor deficits demonstrates a firm knowledge of relevant terms,
principles and methods used for developing a process from discovery
to production.
The grade 02 is given when the examinee
- gives a less structured presentation with less precise answers.
The overview is limited and the ability to combine learned elements
is limited
- only to a limited extent and with a number of deficits
demonstrates capability to handle relevant terms, principles and
methods used for developing a process from discovery to
production.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- SMIMM1141U
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Level
- Part Time Master
- Duration
- Placement
- Autumn
7-11 October 2013. Examination 21 October 2013 at 2-4 pm.
New course description will be available 1 May 2015. - Schedule
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- Course capacity
- 32 participants
- Continuing and further education
- Price
Part-time master’s students at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences DKK 9,470, freelance students DKK 11,220, freelance students from non-EU/EEA countries DKK 13,500. An additional fee of DKK 600 for course materials and DKK 750 for lunch, coffee, etc. will be charged. Prices may be subject to change. The textbook must be purchased by the student (approx. DKK 500).
- Study board
- Study Board for Part-time Master’s Programmes of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Contracting department
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology
Course responsibles
- Fredrik Björkling (2-6c6846797b746a34717b346a71)
Lecturers
Course co-director Michael J. Mealy, H. Lundbeck A/S
List of lecturers may be subject to change.
Claus Ulrich Jessen, Novo Nordisk A/S
Lisbeth Kværnø, H. Lundbeck A/S
Michael J. Mealy, H. Lundbeck A/S
Hans Petersen, H. Lundbeck A/S
Michael Bech Sommer, Zacco A/S
Niels Østergaard, Cheminova A/S