Ansel's pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems / Loyd V. Allen, Jr, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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.