Aulton's Pharmaceutics - The Design and Manufacture of Medicines (New Updated Edition)

Aulton's Pharmaceutics: The Design and Manufacture of Medicines (Updated New Edition) Edited by Michael E. Aulton & Kevin M.G. Taylor

Aulton's Pharmaceutics: The Design and Manufacture of Medicines, edited by Michael E. Aulton and Kevin M.G. Taylor, is one of the world's best-known texts on pharmaceutics, offering a complete course in one book for students in all years of undergraduate pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences degrees. This updated edition includes the science of formulation, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and drug delivery, with all aspects of pharmaceutics covered in a clear and readily accessible way and extensively illustrated throughout. Pharmaceutics is concerned with the scientific and technological aspects of the design and manufacture of dosage forms, making an understanding of it vital for pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists converting drugs into medicines that can be delivered safely, effectively, and conveniently to patients.

Topics commonly covered include:

• Principles of dosage form design

• Biopharmaceutical aspects of dosage form design

• Drug solubility, dissolution, and crystal properties

• Tablets, compaction, and coating

• Hard and soft capsules

• Modified-release oral drug delivery

• Parenteral, pulmonary, nasal, ocular, and otic drug delivery

• Topical, transdermal, rectal, and vaginal drug delivery

• Preparation and delivery of biopharmaceuticals

• Pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicines

• Radiopharmaceuticals

• Packaging, chemical stability, and microbial contamination

• Medicines for pediatric and geriatric patients

Key features:

• Comprehensive coverage of principles and practices in pharmaceutics, focusing on dosage form design and drug delivery.

• New chapters on topics such as continuous manufacturing and radio pharmaceuticals.

• Extensively illustrated with tables, figures, and information boxes throughout

• Contributions from a diverse range of leading experts in the field

• Serves as a complete companion from day one through the entire pharmaceutics curriculum

• Updated new edition reflecting current advances in formulation, manufacturing, and drug delivery science

Perfect for:

• Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students

• BSc Nursing and allied health science students

• Postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences

• Pharmaceutical industry professionals and hospital pharmacy technicians

• Students preparing for pharmaceutics and drug formulation exams

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