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The key theme of this textbook is pharmaceuticals: what every student of pharmaceutical sciences should know: from the active pharmaceutical ingredients to the preparation of various dosage forms along with the relevant chemistry. Dr. Jiben Roy explains how a particular drug is discovered and then converted from lab scale to manufacturing scale to the market. He explains the motivation for drug discovery, the reaction chemistry involved, experimental difficulties, various dosage forms and the reasoning behind them, mechanism of action, quality assurance and role of regulatory agencies. After reading the book, the student will be able to understand the career prospects in the pharmaceutical industry, the need for interdisciplinary teamwork in science, the techniques and technology involved in making pharmaceuticals. Chapters discuss in detail a few blockbuster drugs including atorvastatin, sildanefil, ranitidine, ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin and the longest serving drugs such as aspirin and paracetamol. It also covers important current pharmaceutical issues like quality control, safety, counterfeiting and abuse of drugs, and future prospects for the pharmaceutical industry.
