This handbook is concerned with new chromatographic method development and validation using novel systematic approaches for pharmaceutical compounds. The first stage of the research was to study how method development and validation are typically carried out at present and to formulate this into a simple step-by-step approach. Such a template and protocol was not only used as the foundation of this research programme but could also serve as a simple systematic guide for other practitioners in the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, it was recognised that this protocol should satisfy the...