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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.

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    • Workbook and Lab Manual for Mosby's Pharmacy Technician

      • 7th Edition
      • January 10, 2025
      • Elsevier Inc + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 4 8 4 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 4 8 5 3
      This easy-to-use, chapter-by-chapter companion to Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, Seventh Edition, helps you solidify your understanding and mastery of key skills and concepts. Each chapter of this combination workbook and lab manual contains a wide variety of review questions, exercises, and experiential lab activities to reinforce key concepts, encourage you to reflect critically, and relate to practice for success on the job. Combined with the core textbook, this learning package takes you from day one through graduation and certification!

    • Bacterial Enzymes as Targets for Drug Discovery

      • 1st Edition
      • November 27, 2024
      • Punit Kaur + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 4
      Bacterial Enzymes as Targets for Drug Discovery: Meeting the Challenges of Antibiotic Resistance addresses the gap between medical microbiology, structural biology, and genomic science in the development of new antibacterial drug development. This book consolidates detailed profiling of bacterial target enzyme families for the drug discovery process and methodologies for use and validation of the potential drug targets. The contents cover the foundations of the antibiotic drug discovery process and focus on bacterial enzymes as drug targets, building across these disciplines to provide a comprehensive resource in bacterial structural biology and genomics. This is the ideal reference for antibiotic drug discovery researchers in the pharma industry and academia. Biochemists, microbiologists, and medicinal chemists will also benefit from this books’ content.

    • Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy

      • 1st Edition
      • November 27, 2024
      • Ahmed Awaisu + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 4 4 0 7 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 5 9 7 1 4
      Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide highlights issues related to medication literacy from the context of the pharmacist and other healthcare professionals. This definitive guide will undoubtedly serve as an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals in training and practice, fostering excellence in patient care globally. The book provides a clear explanation of medication literacy, presents different tools to assess health and medication literacy, readability, and comprehensibility of written medicine information (WMI), and elaborates on different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly WMI. The book also covers health and medication literacy in special populations, including geriatrics, pediatrics, and pregnant/lactating patients. Written by experts in health communication, this book will help pharmacists, other health professionals, educators, students, and regulators, who need to develop customized educational materials that can be understood by a broad range of patients, especially those with low health literacy.

    • Drug Delivery Systems for Wound Healing

      • 1st Edition
      • November 24, 2024
      • Pedro Fonte + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 5 8 4 0 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 0 0 8 1 2
      Drug Delivery Systems for Wound Healing explores the different delivery systems and drugs used in wound healing, outlining the many pharmaceutical approaches in wound healing and management. Bringing together interdisciplinary research on wound healing and management, this book offers the theory behind wound healing, but also has a strong focus on the practical approach where scientists involved in medication development can find suggestions. Where appropriate, clinical outcomes are given so the book can be useful as a guide for the choice by medication prescription or use.Topics in the book include types of drugs used in wound healing; types of carriers used in wound healing; clinical outcomes; biocompatibility and toxicity problems, and pipeline products. Researchers working in the pharmaceutical sciences, biomedical sciences and engineering fields will find this a useful resource.

    • Side Effects of Drugs Annual

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 46
      • November 20, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 9 4 4 6 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 9 4 4 7 1
      Side Effects of Drugs Annual: A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data in Adverse Drug Reactions, Volume 46, first published in 1977, presents clinicians and medical investigators with a critical survey of new data and trends in adverse drug reactions and interactions. Topics covered include ADRs, ADEs and SEDs: A Bird’s Eye View, Lithium, Drugs of abuse, Side effects of drugs used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Sedatives and hypnotics, Antipsychotic agents, Anti-epileptic Medications, Side effects of opioid analgesics and narcotic antagonists, Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic analgesics and drugs used in gout, Side effects of local anesthetics and therapeutic gases, and more.Other sections covered include Antihistamines (H1 receptor antagonists), Drugs that act on the respiratory tract, Positive inotropic drugs and drugs used in dysrhythmias, Beta adrenergic antagonists and antianginal drugs, Drugs acting on the cerebral and peripheral circulations, Antihypertensive drugs, and much much more.

    • Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery

      • 1st Edition
      • November 20, 2024
      • Dimitrios A. Lamprou + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 6 4 5 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 6 4 6 4
      Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery provides readers with all needed information for their journey from ideation to approval of innovative drug delivery devices produced through additive manufacturing.This book provides an in-depth discussion on key factors affecting the printing process such as different printer technologies, materials selection, resolutions, temperatures and speeds. Dedicated chapters include specific drug delivery devices in the form of oral solid dosage, implants, catheters and vascular grafts, and microneedles. The prospects of 3D printing associated with personalized medicine are covered in a full chapter.Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery is the perfect reference for any researcher or professional embarking on a 3D printing process for drug delivery devices. The regulatory aspects included are of particular interest to companies entering this promising market.

    • Nonclinical Development of Biologics, Vaccines and Specialty Biologics

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 16, 2024
      • Lisa M. Plitnick + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 3 4 4 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 3 4 5 9
      Nonclinical Development of Biologics, Vaccines and Specialty Biologics, Second Edition, is a complete reference devoted to the nonclinical safety assessment of novel biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, cell and gene therapies, and oncology therapeutics. Updated and revised, the new edition compares and contrasts these types of biologics with one another and with small molecule drugs, while incorporating the most current and essential international regulatory guidelines. This book discusses the different types of biologics, as well as early characterization strategies, principles of study design, nonclinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, nonclinical assays, and regulatory guidelines. A coedited book with chapters authored by leading experts in the field, this comprehensive reference provides critical insights to all researchers involved in early through late-stage biologics.

    • Drug Delivery

      • 1st Edition
      • November 5, 2024
      • Kevin Ita
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 6 7 8 7 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 6 7 8 8 8
      Drug Delivery: Advances and Emerging Strategies begins with an overview on drug delivery, setting the stage for detailed discussions on oral, pulmonary, vaginal, ocular, and nasal dedicated sections. Chapters cover colonic, transdermal, transungual, brain, and nose-to-brain delivery, but also focus on vaccine delivery and organ specific delivery routes via the myocardium, kidney, liver, pancreas, buccal, sublingual, and injectable drug delivery systems. The book offers an integrated, up-to-date overview of drug delivery methods, technologies, and approaches, targeting body systems and organs. Researchers and advanced students in pharmaceutical science will benefit from this consolidated outlook.

    • Migraine Pain Management

      • 1st Edition
      • October 24, 2024
      • Stephen B. Shrewsbury
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 4 7 0 5 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 4 7 0 4 0
      Migraine Management: Current Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Options is a comprehensive guide to established, recent, and ongoing pharmaceuticals and device development projects. The book provides detailed information on the historical developments of migraine pain management, druggable targets, drugs action mechanisms, drugs for acute treatment and preventive care of patients, administration routes, and alternative treatments. This is the ideal reference for academic researchers interested in anti-migraine pharmacology. It will also be a perfect reference for physicians and care professionals involved in the well-being of migraine patients.

    • Mosby's Pharmacy Technician

      • 7th Edition
      • October 24, 2024
      • Karen Davis + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 4 8 8 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 4 8 9 1
      Get everything you need to prepare for a successful career as a pharmacy technician in one easy-to-read textbook! Useful from day one through graduation, Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 7th Edition, includes comprehensive information on pharmacy practice, anatomy and physiology, math calculation, and pharmacology. Built from the ground up to map directly to American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accreditation competencies and to the accepted certification exams, this approachable text covers everything from processing and handling of medications and medication orders to patient safety, quality assurance, and regulation and compliance. It also features a rich art program with equipment close-ups, clinical procedures and processes, and body system illustrations that bring the content to life and visually reinforce your understanding of key concepts. With its clear writing, expert insight, and engaging study tools, this text will help you develop a solid foundation in the pharmacy content you need to pass the board examination and launch a successful and rewarding career.

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