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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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PHARMACY
Part-II
Marks-100
(a) Pharmaceutical dosage forms.
(i) Tablets: Manufacturing of tablets by wet granulation, dry granulation and direct compression,
advantages and disadvantages of differe nt processes, common tableting problems and evaluation
of tablets.
(ii) Capsules: Classification, advantages and limitations of capsule dosage form, properties of
capsules, formulation of capsules, problems in capsule manufacturing, quality control of
capsules.
(iii) Suspensions: Advantages and disadvantages, aggregated and di spersed systems, formulation of
suspensions, stability of suspension, quality analysis of suspension.
(iv) Emulsions: Applications, advantages and disadvantages, theory of emulsion, form ulation of
emulsion, classification of emulsifying agents, HLB values of surface active agents, quality
analysis of emulsion.
(v) Sustained release drug delivery systems: Principle of SR dosage forms, advantages and
limitations of SR dosage forms, classification and types of SR dosage forms, drug release
mechanisms from SR dosage forms, dose calculation for SR dosage forms.
(vi) Parenteral products: Classification of parenteral products. Formulation considerations. Vehicles,
additives and containers.
(b) Skin creams and dental products: Introduction, classification and formulation of skin creams.
Anticaries and antiplaque agents. Properties and types of dentifrices, formulation of powder dentifrices
and pasts.
(c) Biopharmaceutical consideration: pKa and gastrointestinal absorption, important pharmacokinetic
parameters such as biological half life, apparent volume of distribution, area under the curve,
elimination rate constant etc. First pass effect, bioavailability and bioequivalence studies.
(d) Pharmacy act, new drug policy of government, drug act, drug rules, poison act, poison rules, dangerous
drug act and dangerous drug rules as in force in Bangladesh.