Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to drugs and pharmacy -- New drug development and approval process -- Current good manufacturing practices and current good compounding practices -- Dosage form design: pharmaceutical and formulation considerations -- Dosage form design: biopharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic considerations -- Powders and granules -- Capsules -- Tablets -- Solid oral modified-release dosage forms and drug delivery systems -- Ointments, creams, and gels -- Transdermals and transdermal drug delivery systems -- Suppositories, inserts, and sticks -- Solutions -- Disperse systems -- Parenterals -- Biologics -- Special solutions and suspensions -- Radiopharmaceuticals -- Products of biotechnology -- Novel dosage forms and drug delivery technologies -- Clinical pharmaceutics.