This third volume of the second edition offers information on specialized products such as emulsions, liposomes, polymers and polymeric pharmaceutical excipients. It explains the requirements for conducting clinical research and obtaining marketing approval for new drug products
Part 1 Specialized dispersed system: specialized pharmaceutical emulsions liposomes; polymeric dispersions as drug carriers; aqueous polymer dispersions as film formers; biodegradable nanoparticles of poly(lactic acid) and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) for parenteral administration; aqueous polymeric dispersions; polymeric pharmaceutical excipients. Part 2 Equipment, processing, quality assurance, validation, regulation: a practical guide to equipment selection and operating techniques; set-up to manufacturing; scale-up of dispersed parenteral dosage form; quality assurance; validation of disperse systems; drug regulatory affairs.