William James Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Drug Disposition, Biopharmaceutics
Drug Delivery Disposition and Dynamics, Monash University, Australia
My name is William James- I am from Drug Delivery Disposition and Dynamics,Monash University, Australia My area of interests are Drug Disposition
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Author(s): William James
Pharmaceutics is that the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the method of turning a replacement chemical entity (NCE) or old drugs into a medicine to be used safely and effectively by patients. It's also called the science of dosage form design. There are many chemicals with pharmacological properties, but need special measures to assist them achieve therapeutically relevant amounts at their sites of action. Pharmaceutics helps relate the formulation of medicine to their delivery and disposition within the body. Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a dosage form.
Pure drug substances are usually white crystalline or amorphous powders. Before the arrival of drugs as a science, it had been common for pharmacists to dispense drugs as is. Mo... view moreĀ»