Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart
Your Account

Books in Pharmaceutical sciences

Elsevier's Pharmaceutical Sciences collection helps pharmaceutical scientists striving to optimize drug design and improve healthcare outcomes by offering comprehensive coverage of every aspect of drug development, integrating disciplines like organic chemistry, biology, and biotechnology. Focused on safety, efficacy, and formulation design, it includes specialized fields such as Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Research, providing valuable insights into the latest advancements in drug discovery.

BooksJournals

Fundamentals of Biologicals Regulation

  • 2nd Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Rebecca Sheets + 6 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 9 8 8 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 9 8 9 - 4
Fundamentals of Biologicals Regulation: Vaccines and Biotechnology Medicines serves as an introduction to the international regulatory arena in which biologicals are developed and offers an overview of the processes and insight into the scientific concepts underpinning global regulations. In this new edition the book provides more in-depth coverage of Quality by Design, Combination Products, Quality Target Product Profiles, Risk Management Plans and REMS, and switching from reliance on in vivo to in vitro analytical methods. This new edition also reflects the new developments and processes accelerated by the COVID-19 vaccine experience, including emergency use authorizations and conditional marking authorizations. New pedagogic elements and case studies have been added to improve learning outcomes for students. This book provides multiple levels of readership with guidance on basic concepts, a detailed look at regulatory challenges, and practical insight into how regulators consider regulatory science and regulatory process issues across various regions with emphasis on the European Medicines Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Graduate students will benefit from the new pedagogic features. Regulatory professionals will have in Fundamentals of Biologicals Regulation: Vaccines and Biotechnology Medicines a complete guide to navigate through the approval process.

Inorganic Biomaterials for Drug Delivery

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Amit Kumar Nayak + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 6 6 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 4 5 - 5
Inorganic Biomaterials for Drug Delivery covers a wide range of inorganic biomaterial types and their properties, from traditional materials like ceramics, metallics, and bioglasses to novel composites and nano-engineered inorganic biomaterials. Biocompatibility, toxicity, and regulatory considerations are also thoroughly discussed, ensuring the reader is fully equipped for efficient biomaterials selection and utilization in drug delivery applications. This is a must-have reference for those working in the fields of materials science, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical science, pharmacology, chemical engineering, and clinical science.

Dissipative Particle Dynamics

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Alexander V. Neimark + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 6 6 5 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 6 6 6 - 5
Dissipative Particle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications in Soft Matter Science and Engineering comprehensively presents the fundamentals of DPD theoretical formulations and computational strategies, providing practical guidance on the application of DPD models to various colloidal and interfacial phenomena involving phase separations, self-assembly and transport in complex fluids, polymeric, surfactant, nanoparticle, and biological systems. In addition, the book contains instructive advice on efficient implementation of the DPD models in open-source computational packages. Since the introduction of the principles of DPD methodology, multiple efforts have been made to improve the computational basis of DPD, and to devise advanced versions and modifications.While there are numerous research papers on the topic, but no books until now, this resource is dedicated to the dissipative particle dynamics with a critical review of various DPD formulations. Readers will find this to be a comprehensive reference source of multifaceted interdisciplinary applications that provides practical guidance for efficient computational implementation.

Bioprospecting of Natural Pigments in Human Health

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Siva Ramamoorthy + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 1 7 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 1 6 - 4
Bioprospecting of Natural Pigments in Human Health provides a comprehensive overview of the therapeutic potential of these compounds. Covering the main pigment classes sourced from plants, algae, and microbes, the book is organized around the applications to specific diseases and conditions. With chapters on the anti-cancer, antidiabetic, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging effects, cardioprotective and neuroprotective agents, the book covers the molecular biology principles of action, as well as bioavailability and structure. This is the ideal reference for academic researchers interested in natural products pharmacology. It is also beneficial for the academic and corporate researchers in food sciences and the nutraceutical industries.

Ligands for Targeted Drug Delivery

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Vikas Pandey + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 6 6 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 6 7 - 5
Ligands for Targeted Drug Delivery: Basic Fundamentals and Applications is a comprehensive reference focused on the many ways drug carriers can be functionalized to target specific organs, tissues, cells, and sub-cellular compartments. Chapters cover the basic concepts of targeted drug delivery, describing multiple levels of targets and challenges, along with approaches for target-specific drug delivery and a thorough overview of the challenges in design and application of ligands. Following sections discuss nanoparticles and the main ligand classes with their respective applications. The final chapters discuss future prospects of the technology and clinical aspects of ligand modified drug delivery systems.This is a key reference to drug delivery researchers dealing with the application of ligands to overcome challenges in delivering their active principles to the target structure. Biomedical engineers, materials scientists, and chemists can also benefit from the through description of ligand classes and their potential to improve drug delivery efficiency.

The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action

  • 4th Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Richard B. Silverman + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 8 6 2 - 9
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 8 6 3 - 6
The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action, Fourth Edition presents a unique approach to medicinal chemistry based on physical organic chemical principles and reaction mechanisms that rationalize drug action. The book's coverage allows readers to extrapolate core principles and mechanisms to many related classes of drug molecules. It reflects the significant changes in the process of drug design over the last decade and preserves the successful approach of the previous editions while also including significant changes in format and coverage.It is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry who are studying medicinal chemistry or pharmaceutical chemistry. Users, including research chemists and biochemists working in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries will find this update to be useful in their daily work.

Formulating and Implementing Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Zaheer Babar
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 5 1 8 - 4
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 5 1 9 - 1
Formulating and implementing pharmaceutical pricing policies: Challenges, case studies and lessons learned from medicine price control provides readers with a framework to understand and analyze several medicine pricing policies. Through case studies from countries across geographies and income tiers, the book explores the challenges and opportunities related to price control experiences.Studying policies from Australia, New Zealand, China, the European Union, South Africa, India among other countries, the book discusses approaches, strategies, and the underlying pharmaceutical pricing practices used to provide advice for formulating highly effective policies. Alongside the cases, this book covers appropriate research methods for pricing analysis, the essential components of pricing policy, data quality, and the generic structure of a pharmaceutical pricing policy.Formulating and implementing pharmaceutical pricing policies: Challenges, case studies and lessons learned from medicine price control discusses how a medicine pricing policy is formed, why they differ from country to country based on the local health system, and what results can be achieved. This book is an important reference for pharma professionals, regulatory agencies, and policy makers. Researchers investigating Pharmacoeconomics, and overall healthcare cost will also benefit from the analysis framework described in this book.

An Overview of FDA Regulated Products

  • 2nd Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Eunjoo Pacifici + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 7 8 0 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 7 8 1 - 2
An Overview of FDA Regulated Products: From Drugs and Cosmetics to Food and Tobacco, Second Edition is fully updated to reflect recent advances in science and technology and new laws and regulations. Breakthroughs in cellular and gene therapy, immunotherapy, precision medicine, and digital health are changing the face of healthcare and regulation. The updates brought about by the 21st Century Cures Act and subsequent PDUFA Reauthorizations, as well as signing into law the “Modernization of Cosmetic Regulation Act of 2022,” which will transform FDA’s oversight of cosmetics, are fully reflected in all chapters of the book.This book provides graduate students and industry professionals with comprehensive information on approval processes with the FDA and other country regulation organizations. Regulatory science professionals working with not only drugs, but biologics, medical devices, food and additives, cosmetics, veterinary products, and tobacco will benefit from this comprehensive overview of the regulatory environment.

Emerging Paradigms in Delivery Systems for Antitubercular Therapy

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Rajeev Sharma + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 3 5 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 3 4 - 8
Emerging Paradigms in Delivery Systems for Antitubercular Therapy provides an up-to-date and thorough overview of the state-of-the-art of concepts, design, and recent advances in nanomedicines and nanobiotechnology-based strategies for the treatment of tuberculosis. The book enables researchers to prepare a variety of nanotechnology-based strategies, investigate their properties, and discover their uses and applications in antitubercular therapy, focusing on advanced nanomaterials that are utilized for encapsulation of nucleic acid, mRNA, DNA, and tuberculosis vaccination.This book covers all major topics that have shaped the development of nanomedicine and propelled it to its current place at the forefront of Nanotechnology based treatment innovation. It will be a welcomed resource for researchers and readers with more and more challenging therapy and biologicals with their possible modifications to be used for the effective therapy of tuberculosis.

Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Lalit Kumar + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 8 0 6 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 8 0 7 - 8
Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting: Design, Development, Mechanism and Case Studies unveils a groundbreaking exploration of nanotechnology’s potential in revolutionizing drug delivery for colon-related ailments. Today, an array of colonic diseases, including colorectal cancer, colonic polyps, ulcerative colitis, and inflammatory bowel syndrome, pose significant medical challenges. Conventional methods to deliver drugs to this system prove difficult, with limited efficacy and notable side effects. This book delves into the intricate complexities of colonic diseases, their pathophysiology, and epidemiology to support pharmaceutical scientists in designing better drug delivery systems. Providing a comprehensive overview of the area, the chapters elucidate diverse targeting strategies, from time-dependent to microbiota-based drug delivery systems, and explore receptor-based and magnetically assisted delivery mechanisms. Case studies dissected the working mechanisms behind polymeric nanoparticles, polymersomes, polymeric micelles, solid lipid nanoparticles, and other nanocarrier systems tailored for colon targeting. Additionally, this book explores cuttingedge topics such as gold nanoparticles, supra-magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, and protein–peptide-based nanoparticles, highlighting their mechanisms, applications, and potential toxicities. Merging an overview of colonic pathophysiology with in-depth reviews of each nanomaterial used for drug delivery and practical case studies, Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting: Design, Development, Mechanism and Case Studies is a complete reference for pharmaceutical scientists involved in elevating drug delivery precision and therapeutic efficacy in this organ system. Toxicologists, material scientists, research physicians, and regulators can also benefit from the case studies developed by expert authors.

Related subjects

Drug delivery

Drug design

Drug dispensing

Drug manufacturing and packaging

Drug metabolism disposition

Pharmaceutical analysis

Pharmaceutical biotechnology

Pharmaceutical quality control

Pharmaceutical science general

Pharmaceutical technology

Pharmacoeconomics

Pharmacoepidemiology

Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacy

Pharmacy management