This
book is intended for pharmaceutical professionals engaged in research and
development of oral dosage
forms. It covers essential principles of physical
pharmacy, biopharmaceutics and industrial pharmacy as well as various aspects
of state-of-the-art techniques and approaches in pharmaceutical sciences and
technologies along with examples and/or case studies in product development.
The objective of this book is to offer updated (or current) knowledge and
skills required for rational oral product design and development. The specific
goals are to provide readers with:
Basics
of modern theories of physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics and industrial pharmacy
and their applications throughout the entire process of research and
development of oral dosage forms
Tools
and approaches of preformulation investigation, formulation/process design,
characterization and scale-up in pharmaceutical sciences and technologies
New
developments, challenges, trends, opportunities, intellectual property issues
and regulations in solid product development
The
first book (ever) that provides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of what's
required for developing high quality pharmaceutical products to meet
international standards
It
covers a broad scope of topics that encompass the entire spectrum of solid
dosage form development for the global market, including the most updated
science and technologies, practice, applications, regulation, intellectual
property protection and new development trends with case studies in every
chapter
A
strong team of more than 50 well-established authors/co-authors of diverse
background, knowledge, skills and experience from industry, academia and
regulatory agencies.