Encyclopedia of pharmaceutical technology

• Other Authors: Swarbrick, James 1934- (Editor), Boylan, James C. 1943- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Marcel Dekker 2002
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Technology, Pharmaceutical > Encyclopedia; Pharmaceutical Preparations > Encyclopedia
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• Physical Description: 3 volumes ( xxi, 3032, 64 pages) illustrations 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780824728229; 082472822X; 9780824728236; 0824728238; 9780824728243; 0824728246; 9780824728250; 0824728254; 9780824721527; 0824721527

Encyclopaedias are always valuable as a first port of call when researching a new area. Thus, for the chemist/chemical engineer Kirk Othmer and Ullmann provide valuable insight into selected topics, with a strong industrial bias. Encyclopaedia of Pharmaceutical Technology provides the same service for the pharmaceutical industry, and the previous edition was well-received. The first edition's first volume was published in 1988, and the last, volume 20, in 2000, the whole work encompassing 9000 pages. The second edition, at 3000 pages, is much more condensed and focuses on a list of topics relevant to the discovery, development, regulation, manufacture, and commercialisation of drugs and dosage forms. The second edition has tried to match the breadth of coverage of the previous edition, but with a consistent format and style, difficult for a multi-author work. Over 300 chapter-authors have been used