Books in the Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences series

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Pharmaceutical Preformulation and Formulation

Collects discussions from more than 30 noted specialists on topics such as quality control, experimental formulations, pharmaceutical ingredients, conventional and modified-release products and bioequivalence. This title considers key elements in the formulation of generic drug products including availability of raw materials and chemical purity.

Modified-Release Drug Delivery Technology

Pharmaceutical Project Management

Oral Lipid-Based Formulations

Modified-Release Drug Delivery Technology

A comprehensive treatment of the science, technology, and regulation of rate-controlled administration of therapeutic agents, with coverage of the basic concepts, fundamental principles, biomedical rationales, and potential applications. This revised and updated edition (first in 1982) incorporates

Laboratory Auditing for Quality and Regulatory Compliance

Provides an coverage of the development, preparation, and application of topical and transdermal therapeutic systems. This book discusses the bioequivalence of dermatological and transdermal dosage forms. It explores the biochemistry and treatment of skin diseases, the structure and function of the skin, and more.

This book brings together an up-to-date account of instructions in the chemical and biological methods of analysis for antibiotics. It is helpful for all scientific workers in the diversified community of industrial, medical, academic, and governmental antibiotic laboratories.

Provides information on containment processes. This book reviews the historical context, definition, evolution, and application of containment technology, analyzes a variety of containment techniques in construction, and examines "people protection" vs. "product protection" and the role of source-contamination in each.

Examining the modern pharmaceutical compacting techniques used to form tablets out of powders, this book describes the physical structure of pharmaceutical compacts, the bonding phenomena that occur during powder compaction, and the compression mechanisms of pharmaceutical particles.

Describes the statistical planning and design of pharmaceutical experiments, covering all stages in the development process. Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of specific techniques, this book shows how to overcome pharmaceutical, technological, and economic constraints on experiment design.