Under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Professor Dr. Sarmed H. Kathem Alkhateeb, the Continues Education Unit at the University of Baghdad/ College of Pharmacy, held an in-person workshop entitled ” Surface Tension Analysis in Pharmaceuticals: Measurement & Applications,” delivered by Lecturer Diyar Jabbar Hasan Assistant Lecturer , a faculty member at the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department.
The workshop aimed to clarify the basic principles of surface tension and explain its direct effect on the stability of pharmaceutical dosage forms, while highlighting its importance in improving the quality and effectiveness of pharmaceutical preparations.
The workshop included several key topics including: explaining the fundamental concepts of surface tension and its significance in the pharmaceutical field, reviewing its impact on the stability of various dosage forms, the techniques used to measure surface tension, including the capillary rise method, and addressed the drop weight method as one of the practical measurement approaches. In addition, the workshop highlighted the role of surfactants in enhancing drug solubility and emphasized their importance in the development and efficiency improvement of pharmaceutical emulsions.
The workshop concluded that a thorough understanding of surface tension properties represents a fundamental pillar in designing effective and stable drug delivery systems, in line with global advances in the pharmaceutical industry.
