Department of Pharmaceutics

About the Department

The department teaches courses in the fields of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical microbiology that are involved in the design and preparation of drug dosage forms and the quality control of these preparations. It also teaches the physical and chemical properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients used in the preparation of pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations and vaccines. The department also teaches pharmaceutical biotechnology, modern drug manufacturing methods, and drug delivery systems, and promotes research, innovation, and good manufacturing practices.

The department conducts research targeted towards improving patient therapy by increasing drug efficacy while reducing drug toxicity. The research focus is on drug action and delivery and related factors, such as genetic, environmental, physiological and disease processes that can alter metabolism, transport, distribution, and absorption of drugs. The research areas include biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, drug delivery, and nanotechnology and nanomedicine.

  Department Chair

  Dr. Adel M. Al-Fatease

  Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutics

  afatease@kku.edu.sa

  Phone: 017-2417802