Lecture 3: Formulation and API Flashcards
Drug product performance
-ability of drug to elicit therapeutic response and stay in a safe range during dosage
-no toxic response
-described by pharmacokinetics and parmacodynamic processes
Goal of Formulations
-transfer a new therapeutic compound
-develop reproducible dosage form
-release from dosage form must balance the way body processes medicine
reproducible
-refers to each dosage form containing same amount of drug
-refers to same performance in the body
Drug blood level vs time graph
- Absorption: increase up to Cmax, Tmax (2hoursish)
- slow decrease through distribution, metabolism, excretion
AUC= area under the curve
Disposition phase of drug
distribution, metabolism, excretion
Elimination phase of drug
metabolism and excretion
Dosage form controls
-absorption, dissolution, degradation in intestinal tract
Body controls
metabolism, distribution, excretion
Drug upon Administration
Intestinal tract (dosage form controls) –> portal vein –> liver (metabolism) –> blood –> peripheral tissues (distribution), perfused tissue, and urine (excretion)
Absorption rate
-MUST BALANCE DISPOSITION
-begins declining as disposition starts to increase
-Kabs
Kabs defined by
-drug properties
-excipient/composition of formulation
-physiological barriers between GI tract and systemic circulation
Margin of Safety
-goal of dosage form design
-area between pharma and toxicology
Drug discovery: Assessing translation
-finding chemistries that can mitigate disease
-driven by receptor binding
-druggability and developability
Druggability
-binding and “drug-like” properties favorable for product translation
Developability
assessment to characterize if new molecules can be formulated
Druggability stages
- discovery
- Assess ability to bind to drug target
- in vivo models used to assess
Developability stages
- refers drug performance
- incorporates factors like solubility/dissolution
- incorporates formulation factors related to ADME/T
Druggable genome
-genes that encode disease related proteins that can be modded by drugs
-includes differentially regulated drugs
-vary in intensity upon comparative analysis
Healthy vs sick gene expression
-this contrast can yield genes that may serve as targets for drug design
Druggable targets
mostly disease genes
Druggable gene identification
via pharmacogenomic methods
Druggable proteins
-proteins that can bind drug-like compounds with affinity < 10mM
-compound must be able to modulate the protein