BIOT 5640 — Drug Product Processes for Biopharmaceuticals
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional
Introduces patient-focused drug product design for parenteral biopharmaceuticals. Explores the building of product knowledge through preformulation and formulation development, including lyophilization, to meet the target product profile for stability and during use. This expanding knowledge is applied to support of manufacturing processes and containers. Applies Quality-by-Design–based approaches to product development and discusses concepts related to Good Manufacturing Practice manufacturing. Culminates in a group project where teams address industrylike multifaceted problems bridging content from across the materials.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 3 | 37 | 79 | 47% | 14.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 3 | 53 | 69 | 77% | 5.3 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 38 | 70 | 54% | 10.7 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 30% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: async (70% of sections), T (30% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Daniel Dixon (63% of students) · reviews
- Padmadhar Madupu (37% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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