ISBN:
9780702070051
Copyright:
2018
Publication Date:
06-30-2017
Page Count:
936
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$86.99
Aulton's Pharmaceutics, 5th Edition
Paperback
ISBN:
9780702070051
Copyright:
2018
Publication Date:
06-30-2017
Page Count:
936
Imprint:
Elsevier
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- Relevant chemistry covered throughout
- Reflects current and future use of biotechnology products throughout
- Covers ongoing changes in our understanding of biopharmaceutics, certain areas of drug delivery and the significance of the solid state
- Includes the science of formulation and drug delivery
- Designed and written for newcomers to the design of dosage forms
- Key points boxes throughout
- Summaries at the end of each chapter
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- Fully updated throughout, with particular focus on delivery of biopharmaceuticals, nanotechnology and nanomedicines, parenteral and ocular drug delivery mechanisms.
- Now comes with online access on StudentConsult.
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What is pharmaceutics?
- Design of dosage forms
- Dissolution and solubility
- Properties of solutions
- Surfaces and interfaces
- Disperse systems
- Rheology
- Kinetics
- Solid-state properties
- Particle size analysis
- Particle size reduction and size separation
- Mixing
- Powder flow
- Fundamentals of microbiology
- Pharmaceutical applications of microbiological techniques
- Action of physical and chemical agents on microorganisms
- Principles of sterilization
- Sterilization in practice
- Introduction to biopharmaceutics
- Gastrointestinal tract – physiology and drug absorption
- Bioavailability – physicochemical and dosage form factors
- Assessment of biopharmaceutical properties
- Dosage regimens
- Pharmaceutical preformulation
- Solutions
- Clarification
- Suspensions
- Emulsions and creams
- Powders, granules and granulation
- Drying
- Tablets and compaction
- Modified-release oral drug delivery
- Coating of tablets and multiparticulates
- Hard capsules
- Soft capsules
- Dissolution testing of solid dosage forms
- Parenteral drug delivery
- Pulmonary drug delivery
- Nasal drug delivery
- Ophthalmic drug delivery
- Topical and transdermal drug delivery
- Rectal and vaginal drug delivery
- The formulation and manufacture of plant medicines
- Delivery of biopharmaceuticals
- Pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicines
- Design and administration of medicines for children and the elderly
- Packaging
- Chemical stability in dosage forms
- Microbial contamination, spoilage and preservation of medicines
- Product stability and stability testing
PART 1 Scientific principles of dosage form design
PART 2 Particle science and powder technology
PART 3 Pharmaceutical microbiology and serialization
PART 4 Biopharmaceutical principles of drug delivery
PART 5 Dosage form design and manufacture
Part 6 Packaging and stability of pharmaceutical products
Online self assessment
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Kevin M.G. Taylor, BPharm PhD FRPharmS, Professor of Clinical Pharmaceutics, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK and Michael E. Aulton, BPharm, PhD, FAAPS, FSP, FRPharmS, Emeritus Professor, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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