Updated and enlarged to three volumes, the 2nd edition of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Parenteral Medications examines all important aspects of sterile drug products. This volume discusses the principles, characteristics, and operations of the processing functions of sterile drug products.
The authors have thoroughly covered parenteral dosage form development. . .All of the first edition chapters included in this volume. . .have been updated. New chapters added. . .cover the changes in the subject matter. . .The book is very well written for scientists and engineers in the pharmaceutical industry and academia. There is a very good balance between the theoretical considerations and practical aspects of parenteral dosage form development. Individual chapters are well defined and very informative on specific issues including. . .regulatory standards. . .[an] excellent reference. . .for undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students. . .pharmacy school libraries and to pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. It would also make an excellent training tool refresher course. . .for R&D scientists working in the parenteral dosage form development area. Inclusion of topics such as freeze drying, clean-in-place steam-in-place, designing of biopharmaceutical facilities, and ophthalmic formulations in this edition strengthens the basic structure of this book and provides the reader with an excellent overview of parenteral dosage form development.
---American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education