Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients – 9th Edition

The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients is internationally recognised as the world’s most authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients. It provides you with a one stop resource when researching an excipient for use. The 400+ monographs are also thoroughly cross referenced and indexed to allow their identification by chemical, non proprietary or trade names.

Extensive content updates in the new edition include:

• Over 420 fully referenced excipient monographs, many including IR, Raman, and NIR spectra
• 13 new monographs including several amino acids and hydrated silicon dioxide
• 250 existing monographs reviewed
• New chapters include excipient selection for orally inhaled and injectable formulations

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• Functional Categories of Pharmaceutical Excipients
• Pharmaceutical Excipients in Pediatric Formulations
• The Selection of Excipients for Oral Solid Dosage Forms
• The Selection of Excipients for Injectable Formulations
• Formulation Considerations for Orally Inhaled Dosage Forms
• Reactive Components in Pharmaceutical Excipients
• Biological Effects of Pharmaceutical Excipients
• The Use of Counter-ions and Co-formers in the Creation of Salt and Co-crystal Forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)

• pharmacopoeial information from the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States
• non-proprietary names and synonyms
• chemical name and structure, CAS Registry number, empirical formula, molecular weight
• functional category, applications and incompatibilities
• material description and typical excipient properties
• safety, stability, storage and handling information
• method of drug manufacture
• related substances
• primary references
• editorial comments
• author details and revision date

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