Chemical engineering in the pharmaceutical industry: an introduction. Current challenges and opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry. Dosage forms (liquid dosage forms, semisolid and solid dosage forms). The design and preparation of a successful dosage form with respect to the route of administration and large scale manufacture in a sterile and clean environment. Aspects of chemical kinetics, physical chemistry, physiology, cell biology, mass and heat transfer, and fluid dynamics will be described as they relate to the manufacture of effective dosage forms. Powders in pharmaceutical processes: particles properties and interactions, flow and packing of powders, processes including granulation, fluidization, mixing and blending.