ISBN-13: 9780849327063 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 452 str.
Enhancing awareness to increase the development of excipients, this source: * provides guidelines for testing new exipients * offers information to ensure that the product ingredients are in compilance with regulatory and quality requirements, and to guarantee the manufacturing and supply chain is in control *includes excipient harmonization activities *features descriptions on the development and ways of opitmal utilization of excipients for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries * presents multilpe case studies for numerous functional excipients Audience To facilitate the development of novel drug delivery systems and biotechnology-oriented drugs, the need for new excipients to be developed and approved continues to increase. Excipient Development for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Drug Delivery Systems serves as a comprehensive source to improve understanding of excipients and forge new avenues for regulatory review and allowance to use. This book presents detailed, up-to-date information on various aspects of excipient development, testing, and technological considerations for their use. It addresses specific details such as historical perspective, preclinical testing, safety, and toxicology evaluation, as well as regulatory, quality, and utility aspects. The text also describes best practices for use of various functional excipients and extensive literature references for all topics.