Modern Pharmaceutics: Basic principles and systems

<p>With over 100 illustrations, Volume 1 addresses the core disciplines of pharmaceutics (absorption, PK, excipients, tablet dosage forms, and packaging), and explores the challenges and paradigms of pharmaceutics.<br><br>Key topics in Volume 1 include:<br><br>* principles of drug absorption, chemical kinetics, and drug stability<br>* pharmacokinetics<br>* the effect of route of administration and distribution on drug action<br>* in vivo imaging of dose forms: gamma scintigraphy, PET imaging NMR, MRI, etc. <br>* powder technology<br>* excipient design and characterization<br>* preformulation<br>* optimization techniques in pharmaceutical formulation and processing<br>* disperse and surfactant systems<br>* the solid state, tablet dosage forms, coating processes, and hard and soft shell capsules<br>* parenteral products</p>