This course introduces the recent progress in the interdisciplinary field of pharmaceutical sciences, with particular emphasis on drug delivery systems, nanoscale formulations as well as gene/cell therapy. It enables students to understand how these new theories and technologies can improve drug safety, enhance therapeutic efficacy and translate into new therapeutic modalities. Pre-requisite: none

CILO-1: Outline comprehensive principles for dosage form designs. CILO-2: Learn and compare various drug delivery routes with examples. CILO-3: Introduce supramolecular pharmaceutics on drug delivery. CILO-4: Describe nanoparticulate drug delivery systems in cancer treatment.