Essentials of Industrial Pharmacy is an attempt to comprehensively present, in a single book, various pharmaceutical processes and equipment that are frequently used for production of pharmaceutical dosage forms, along with quality control tests of these dosage forms. Pictorial/graphical illustrations provide easier understanding of complex pharmaceutical concepts, manufacturing processes of pharmaceutical dosage forms. Since it is imperative for pharmacy students to have a clear understanding of the basic concepts used in development of drugs into suitable and stable dosage forms.
This book offers a wealth of information regarding basic aspects of pharmaceutical processes and dosage forms, in a single book, for undergraduate pharmacy students or science students (with no pharmacy background) intended to work in the pharmaceutical Industry.
Drying.- Mixing.- Comminution.- Filtration.- Pharmaceutical Packaging.- Oral Emulsion.- Oral Suspensions.- Tablets and Capsules.- Oral Inhalers.- Topically Applied Products.- Sterile Products.- Industrial Hazards.- Modified Release Drug Delivery Systems.- Novel Drug Delivery System.- Polymer for Biomedical Applications.- Biotechnology Based Drugs.
Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan and previously a lecturer at the Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Pakistan. Dr. Saeed Khan graduated in Pharmacy from University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He subsequently joined Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited, where he worked in solid and liquid dosage form manufacturing sections. He was a supervisor at Parke-Davis & Co. Ltd., Karachi Pakistan, for pharmaceutical production and quality management. He earned his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Daegu University, South Korea and obtained a DAAD scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marc Schneider, at Philipps University Marburg, Germany, where he excelled.
He was awarded the prestigious FULBRIGHT fellowship for a one-year postdoc training under the supervision of Professor Robert O. Williams (Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Pharmacy, Editor-in-Chief, AAPS PharmSciTech and Division Head) at Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, University of Texas at Austin, USA. . He has published many peer reviewed articles in well reputed journals, has a patent and has presented sessions at international conferences.
