Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms
Pharmaceutical Theory and Practice
- 3rd Edition - March 27, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Yihong Qiu, Yisheng Chen, Geoff G.Z. Zhang, Rao V. Mantri, Lawrence Yu
- Language: English
Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Pharmaceutical Theory and Practice, Third Edition is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide for professionals and academics engaged in all as… Read more
Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Pharmaceutical Theory and Practice, Third Edition is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide for professionals and academics engaged in all aspects of oral dosage form development, from discovery support through commercial manufacturing. This new edition features 13 new or rewritten chapters, along with significant updates to existing content, reflecting the latest advancements in the field, including new theories, scientific findings, approaches, techniques, modeling, and the emerging opportunities offered by AI.
This book consists of 44 chapters covering in-depth principles of physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics, and industrial pharmacy, and their applications throughout the R&D process and commercial production of oral dosage forms. New chapters address topics such as absorption evaluation of oral dosage forms, formulation principles, and applications based on supersaturation, patient-centric product design, product design through the 505(b)(2) NDA pathway, design of experiments (DoE), process modeling, 3D printing, and machine learning applications in commercial manufacturing. Existing chapters have been updated or completely rewritten to provide advanced information and include practical case studies. Important topics such as amorphous solid dispersions, modified-release delivery, manufacturing technologies, modeling and simulation, fundamentals of dissolution and bioequivalence, IVIVC, biowaivers, regulatory frameworks, and many others are covered.
The new edition of this book is an indispensable resource for industry professionals, academic institutions, and regulatory bodies seeking to stay current with advances in solid dosage form development and manufacturing. It offers a thorough understanding of fundamental principles and techniques, along with practical guidance on applying these concepts to real-world challenges.
This book consists of 44 chapters covering in-depth principles of physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics, and industrial pharmacy, and their applications throughout the R&D process and commercial production of oral dosage forms. New chapters address topics such as absorption evaluation of oral dosage forms, formulation principles, and applications based on supersaturation, patient-centric product design, product design through the 505(b)(2) NDA pathway, design of experiments (DoE), process modeling, 3D printing, and machine learning applications in commercial manufacturing. Existing chapters have been updated or completely rewritten to provide advanced information and include practical case studies. Important topics such as amorphous solid dispersions, modified-release delivery, manufacturing technologies, modeling and simulation, fundamentals of dissolution and bioequivalence, IVIVC, biowaivers, regulatory frameworks, and many others are covered.
The new edition of this book is an indispensable resource for industry professionals, academic institutions, and regulatory bodies seeking to stay current with advances in solid dosage form development and manufacturing. It offers a thorough understanding of fundamental principles and techniques, along with practical guidance on applying these concepts to real-world challenges.
- Expanded and updated content: Includes 13 new or extensively rewritten chapters covering topics such as supersaturation, oral absorption, DoE, and its applications in product development, and the latest advancements in 3D printing, continuous manufacturing, modeling, machine learning, and Industry 4.0
- Practical focus: Demonstrates the importance and application of essential pharmaceutical principles to real- world product development challenges
- Comprehensive audience coverage: Serves as a valuable reference for industry product development scientists and engineers, academic researchers, regulatory reviewers, and graduate students
- End-to-end development coverage: Addresses preformulation and biopharmaceutics studies, formulation and process design, characterization, development, scale-up, and commercial manufacturing operations
- Patient-centered design: Introduces patient-centric drug product design processes to support improved therapeutic outcomes
Pharmaceutical researchers and development scientists and engineers in industry, academic institutions and regulatory agencies focused on developing and approving solid dosage forms for both new and generic drug products
1. Solubility of Pharmaceutical Solids
2. Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
3. Solid-State Characterization and Techniques
4. API Solid-Form Screening and Selection
5. Drug Stability and Degradation Studies
6. Excipient Compatibility and Functionality
7. Polymer Properties and Characterization
8. Interfacial Phenomena
9. The Fundamentals of Diffusion and Dissolution
10. Particle, Powder, and Compact Characterization
11. Oral Drug Absorption: Pathways, Physicochemical and Biological Factors, and Methods of Study
12. Evaluation of Drug Absorption from Oral Dosage Forms
13. Dissolution Testing of Solid Products
14. Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
15. In Vitro-In Vivo Correlations: Fundamentals, Development Considerations, and Applications
16. Oral Delivery of Challenging Poorly Soluble Drugs via Supersaturation: Principles and Applications
17. Patient-centric Drug Product Design: Rational and Practical Considerations
18. Design of Improved and Differentiated Products through 505(b)(2) NDA Pathway
19. Oral Formulations for Preclinical Studies: Principle, Design, and Development
20. Product and Process Development of Solid Oral Dosage Forms
21. Rational design of Amorphous Solid Dispersions
22. Rational Design of Oral Modified-Release Drug Delivery Systems
23. Basic Principles of The Design of Experiments
24. Established unit operation models for solid oral dosage forms from an industrial perspective
25. Analytical Method Development of Solid Dosage Forms
26. Statistical Design and Analysis of Long-Term Stability Studies for Drug Products
27. Packaging Selection for Solid Oral Dosage Forms
28. Clinical Supplies Manufacture: Strategy, GMP Considerations, and Cleaning Validation
29. Specification Setting and Manufacturing Process Control for Solid Oral Drug Products
30. Process Development and Scale-Up: Providing Reliable Powder Flow and Product Uniformity
31. Capsules Dosage Form: Formulation and Manufacturing Considerations
32. Process Development and Scale-Up: High Shear Wet Granulation process
33. Process Development and Scale-Up: Fluid-bed Granulation
34. Process Development and Scale-Up: Spray-Drying Amorphous Solid Dispersions for Insoluble Drugs
35. Process development and scale-up: Twin screw extrusion
36. Development, Scale-Up, and Optimization of Process Parameters: Roller Compaction Theory and Practice
37. Development, Scale-Up and Optimization of Process Parameters: Tablet Compression
38. Development and Scale-Up of Process Parameters: Pan Coating
39. Development, Scale-Up and Optimization of Process Parameters: Wurster Coating
40. Ensuring Commercial Manufacturing and Product Quality Through Science- and AI-Driven Approaches
41. Continuous Manufacturing: Modernizing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing with Advanced Technologies and 3D Printing
42. Drug Product Approval in the United States and International Harmonization
43. Modern Pharmaceutical Regulations: Quality Assessment for Drug Substances
44. Modern Pharmaceutical Regulations: Quality Assessment for Drug Products
2. Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
3. Solid-State Characterization and Techniques
4. API Solid-Form Screening and Selection
5. Drug Stability and Degradation Studies
6. Excipient Compatibility and Functionality
7. Polymer Properties and Characterization
8. Interfacial Phenomena
9. The Fundamentals of Diffusion and Dissolution
10. Particle, Powder, and Compact Characterization
11. Oral Drug Absorption: Pathways, Physicochemical and Biological Factors, and Methods of Study
12. Evaluation of Drug Absorption from Oral Dosage Forms
13. Dissolution Testing of Solid Products
14. Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
15. In Vitro-In Vivo Correlations: Fundamentals, Development Considerations, and Applications
16. Oral Delivery of Challenging Poorly Soluble Drugs via Supersaturation: Principles and Applications
17. Patient-centric Drug Product Design: Rational and Practical Considerations
18. Design of Improved and Differentiated Products through 505(b)(2) NDA Pathway
19. Oral Formulations for Preclinical Studies: Principle, Design, and Development
20. Product and Process Development of Solid Oral Dosage Forms
21. Rational design of Amorphous Solid Dispersions
22. Rational Design of Oral Modified-Release Drug Delivery Systems
23. Basic Principles of The Design of Experiments
24. Established unit operation models for solid oral dosage forms from an industrial perspective
25. Analytical Method Development of Solid Dosage Forms
26. Statistical Design and Analysis of Long-Term Stability Studies for Drug Products
27. Packaging Selection for Solid Oral Dosage Forms
28. Clinical Supplies Manufacture: Strategy, GMP Considerations, and Cleaning Validation
29. Specification Setting and Manufacturing Process Control for Solid Oral Drug Products
30. Process Development and Scale-Up: Providing Reliable Powder Flow and Product Uniformity
31. Capsules Dosage Form: Formulation and Manufacturing Considerations
32. Process Development and Scale-Up: High Shear Wet Granulation process
33. Process Development and Scale-Up: Fluid-bed Granulation
34. Process Development and Scale-Up: Spray-Drying Amorphous Solid Dispersions for Insoluble Drugs
35. Process development and scale-up: Twin screw extrusion
36. Development, Scale-Up, and Optimization of Process Parameters: Roller Compaction Theory and Practice
37. Development, Scale-Up and Optimization of Process Parameters: Tablet Compression
38. Development and Scale-Up of Process Parameters: Pan Coating
39. Development, Scale-Up and Optimization of Process Parameters: Wurster Coating
40. Ensuring Commercial Manufacturing and Product Quality Through Science- and AI-Driven Approaches
41. Continuous Manufacturing: Modernizing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing with Advanced Technologies and 3D Printing
42. Drug Product Approval in the United States and International Harmonization
43. Modern Pharmaceutical Regulations: Quality Assessment for Drug Substances
44. Modern Pharmaceutical Regulations: Quality Assessment for Drug Products
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: March 27, 2026
- Language: English
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Yihong Qiu
Dr. Yihong Qiu is currently a Senior Research Fellow, Oral Drug Products, Science and Technology, AbbVie. His in-depth knowledge and extensive experience encompass various phases of product development, including preformulation, drug delivery technology, product/process design, biopharmaceutics/pharmacokinetics, formulation/process development, scale-up and optimization, manufacturing trouble-shooting, intellectual property and regulatory registration for NCE’s, line-extension and marketed products. He also plays a key role in the product life cycle management, IP strategy, scientific and regulatory assessment of business opportunities. During his 25-year tenure with Abbott/AbbVie, his work has resulted in successful commercial IR and MR products, patented drug delivery technologies, IVIVC’s and biowaivers approved by global regulatory agencies. Dr. Qiu’s research interests include modified-release delivery systems, dissolution, bioavailability, IVIVC, drug delivery technology and science-based regulation. He is an elected fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), a member of 2010-2015 USP Expert Committee and a review committee member of Chang Jiang Scholars Program (2014-15). He has more than 50 publications in journals and books, 30 patents granted or pending, and numerous invited presentations. He is routinely invited to lecture at professional organizations and universities. Dr. Qiu received BS in Pharmacy, MS. in Pharmaceutics from China Pharmaceutical University, and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from The University of Iowa.
Affiliations and expertise
Ph.D., Founder and Chief Technical Director, QPD Solutions, Lincolnshire, IL, United StatesYC
Yisheng Chen
Dr. Yisheng Chen currently serves as Vice President of Product Development at Novast Laboratories, Ltd, leading the development of pharmaceutical products for global markets. Dr. Chen earned his Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutics in 1994 from the University of Iowa. He then joined Burroughs Wellcome as a development scientist, and later Abbott Laboratories with increasing responsibilities where he was elected as an Associate Research Fellow, Volwiler Society. Dr. Chen also served as an expert member of both the Product Quality Research Institute (PQRI) and the USP Performance Testing Expert Panel, and as an adjunct professor at the Guangdong Pharmaceutical University. Dr. Chen has in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in various aspects of developing solid pharmaceutical products, ranging from formulation and process development, CMC documentation for regulatory filing, scale-up, and validation for commercialization. His expertise includes the quality by design (QbD) development of modified release (MR) products using traditional delivery technologies, and development of new delivery systems for MR products. Dr. Chen has extensive experience in the development and scale-up of beads coating process using Wurster coating technology for different types of products from lab to commercial scales. He has successfully led the development and secured the approval of more than 30 products approved in the US, EU, Japan and China, including new drug applications (NDAs) and high barrier branded abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs). Dr. Chen also has the expertise in packaging protection of drug products. He developed a theoretical model for predicting moisture uptake by packaged products during storage. His theory provided the fundamental basis for the development of ASTM D7709 and the revision of USP general chapter on the standard methods for measuring the water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of containers, as well as the scientific criteria of using MVTR/unit product to evaluate the performance of containers for product protection. Dr. Chen has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and patents. He is a co-editor of “Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Pharmaceutical Theory and Practice”. Dr. Chen is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, and at major universities.
Affiliations and expertise
Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Novast Laboratories, Ltd., Nantong, ChinaGZ
Geoff G.Z. Zhang
Dr. Geoff G. Z. Zhang is a Senior Research Follow at AbbVie Inc., an adjunct professor of the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University, and a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. He received his B.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Fudan University, China, and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Minnesota, USA. He has contributed broadly to Physical Pharmacy, specifically in the areas of crystal engineering, polymorphism, characterization and crystallization of amorphous solids and amorphous solid dispersions, as well as delivery of poorly water soluble compounds. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and book chapters, given over 170 podium and poster presentations. During his 18-year tenure with Abbott/AbbVie, he has more than 120 granted patents and patent applications. He interacts and collaborates extensively with academic institutes and has mentored 40 graduate students on their thesis and summer research projects. He has received 2012 AAPS Pharmaceutical Research Meritorious Manuscript Award, and serves on the United State Pharmacopeia Physical Analysis Expert Committee.
Affiliations and expertise
Ph.D., Founder and Chief Technical Director, ProPhysPharm, Lincolnshire, IL, United StatesRM
Rao V. Mantri
Dr. Rao V. Mantri is currently working as Executive Director in Drug Product Science & Technology at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. He received his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, India, M.S. in Chemical Engineering, M.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry with honors from The University of Kansas, USA. Since joining BMS R&D in 2000, he has held positions of increasing responsibility in design, development and technology transfer of small molecules as well as biologics drug products. He has broad experience in formulation development, process engineering, materials science, analytical sciences, CMC regulatory filing strategy and leading multi-disciplinary CMC teams. His research interests include solubilization, drug delivery, materials science, drug-excipient interactions, drug stability, biopharmaceutics modeling, formulation development and process scale-up. He has 29 manuscripts, 8 patents and numerous invited talks and presentations. He also served on the 2010-2015 USP Excipients Expert Committee.
Affiliations and expertise
Ph.D., Chief Manufacturing Officer, Astellas Pharma Inc., Northbrook, IL, United StatesLY
Lawrence Yu
Lawrence X. Yu, Ph.D., is the Deputy Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Food and Drug Administration, where he oversees new, generic, and biotechnology product quality review and inspection functions as well as the FDA CDER quality labs. He is also adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the FDA, Dr. Yu had worked at Pfizer (Upjohn) and GlaxoWellcome for 8 years. Dr. Yu joined the FDA in 1999 and has served as Team Leader, Deputy Division Director, Division Director, Deputy Office Director, and Office Director. Dr. Yu’s research interests have centered on the prediction of oral drug delivery and the development of pharmaceutical Quality by Design. His compartmental absorption and transit (CAT) model has laid the foundation for the commercial software, GastroPLUSTM and Simcyp®, which are being widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Yu is a fellow and the past section Chair of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and an Associate Editor of the AAPS Journal. Dr. Yu has authored/co-authored over 140 papers, and presented over 100 abstracts, and given over 200 invited presentations. He is a co-editor of the books entitled “Biopharmaceutics Applications in Drug Development , “FDA Bioequivalence Standards , and “Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Pharmaceutical Theory and Practice, 2nd Ed. Dr. Yu is the winner of numerous awards including AAiPS distinguished Scientist Award, AAPS Regulatory Science Achievement award, AIChE PD2M Drug Product QbD Achievement Award, Japan Naigai Foundation Distinguished Lectureship, China Beijing University IPEM graduation commencement address, Department of Health and Human Service Outstanding Leadership Award, FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation, Outstanding Achievement, Group Recognition, and Team Excellence awards.
Affiliations and expertise
Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States