Pharmaco-Complexity Non-Linear Phenomena and Drug Product Development /

• Main Authors: Hickey, Anthony J. (Author), Smyth, Hugh D.C (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Outlines in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Biotechnology.; Biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biochemistry, general.

The historical approach to the interpretation of physical, chemical and biological phenomena has been to consider relationships with causative factors that can be reduced to linearity allowing simple and direct interpretation. However, it is increasingly evident that there is often more information...

Table of Contents:

• The nature of complexity and relevance to the pharmaceutical sciences
• Phenomena in Physical and Surface Chemistry
• Solid State Pharmaceuticals: Solving Complex Problems in Preformulation and Formulation
• Considerations in monitoring and controlling pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
• Impact of complexity on population Biology
• Conclusion.      .