Voigt's Pharmaceutical Technology

A textbook which is both comprehensive and comprehensible and that offers easy but scientifically sound reading to both students and professionalsNow in its 12th edition in its native German, Voigt's Pharmaceutical Technology is an interdisciplinary textbook covering the fundamental principles of pharmaceutical technology. Available for the first time in English, this edition is produced in full colour throughout, with a concise, clear structure developed after consultation with students, instructors and researchers. This book:* Features clear chapter layouts and easily digestible content* Presents novel trends, devices and processes* Discusses classical and modern manufacturing processes* Covers all formulation principles including tablets, ointments, capsules, nanosystems and biopharmaceutics* Takes account of legal requirements for both qualitative and quantitative composition* Addresses quality assurance considerations* Uniquely relates contrasting international pharmacopeia from EU, US and Japan to formulation principles* Includes examples and text boxes for quicker data assimilationWritten for both students studying pharmacy and industry professionals in the field as well as toxicologists, biochemists, medical lab technicians, Voigt's Pharmaceutical Technology is the essential resource for understanding the various aspects of pharmaceutical technology.

Contributors viiForeword ixAcknowledgements xiiiList of Abbreviations xvIndex of Pharmacopeia Boxes xixPart I Dosage Forms1 Drug Formulations as Application System-Science and Legal Provisions 3Part II General and Technological Principles and Unit Operations2 Unit Operations 133 Physical and Physicochemical Principles of Drug Formulation 394 Sterilization of Drug Formulations: Procedures to Reduce Microbial Count 1335 Excipients for Drug Formulation 1616 Basic Principles of Probability and Statistics 2417 Basic Principles in Biopharmaceutics 279Part III Solid Dosage Forms8 Powders and Granules 3199 Tablets 34510 Coated Oral Dosage Forms 37711 Capsules 39512 Peroral Modified Release (MR) Formulations 40913 Rectal Preparations 42914 Vaginal Dosage Forms and Dosage Forms to be Introduced in Body Cavities 447Part IV Semi-Solid Dosage Forms15 Semi-Solid Preparations for Cutaneous Application 45316 Patches/Plasters 517Part V Liquid Dosage Forms17 Solutions 52918 Emulsions 53719 Suspensions 55720 Micro- and Nanodispersed Systems 56921 Parenteral Formulations 58122 Ophthalmic Preparations 623Part VI Gaseous Dosage Forms23 Inhalation Dosage Forms 637Part VII General Aspects of Dosage Forms24 Herbal Drug Preparations (Extracts, Tinctures, and Aqueous Preparations) 65925 Stability and Stabilization 68126 Incompatibilities 70727 Packaging Materials and Technology 72128 Recent and Future Developments in Pharmaceutical Technology 749Appendix A Selected Dosage Forms (Compared between Ph. Eur., USP, and JP) 757Index 817