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.

Books Journals

Ophthalmic Drug Delivery

1st Edition
August 1, 2025
Neelesh Kumar Mehra
English
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Ophthalmic Drug Delivery: Advancement, Industrialization Prospect and Applications delves into the complexities and potential of scaling up and commercializing pharmaceutical innovations within ophthalmology. This book serves as a complete guide through research findings, industry insights, and regulatory guidelines, offering a thorough roadmap for the future of drug delivery systems targeting the eye. The importance of understanding the eye's physiology and anatomy is emphasized, laying the foundational knowledge necessary for developing effective treatments. The book continues by exploring various aspects such as novel formulations, fixed-dose combinations, and microbiological considerations.It also discusses cutting-edge research in reverse engineering approaches, the significance of Quality by Design (QbD), and the treatment of eye-related diseases like glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, uveal melanoma, cataracts, and fungal keratitis. Corporate researchers will find the manufacturing insights particularly beneficial, making this an essential resource for professionals in the field of ophthalmic drug delivery.

Sterility, Sterilisation and Sterility Assurance for Pharmaceuticals

2nd Edition
August 1, 2025
Tim Sandle
English
Hardback
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Sterility, Sterilisation and Sterility Assurance for Pharmaceuticals: Technology, Validation and Current Regulations, Second Edition is an in-depth guide to the world of pharmaceutical sterilization. This new edition has been updated to reflect the latest standards and regulations, ensuring alignment with current practices. It explores emerging methods and techniques, complemented by new case studies that provide practical examples. Readers will gain comprehensive knowledge about sterilization’s critical role in healthcare and pharmaceutical manufacturing, highlighting the importance of controlling microbial challenges to ensure product safety and patient well-being.The book discusses sterility, sterilization methods such as gamma radiation, e-beam, dry heat, steam, gas, vapor, filtration, and new techniques like X-ray sterilization, liquid-phase sterilization, ultraviolet light, supercritical gases, and sterilization assurance governance. It covers biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes, including aseptic filling, container and packaging design, and cleanroom environments. This edition is essential for professionals in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and medical device manufacturing, providing the knowledge needed to comply with current standards and regulations.

Advances in Probiotic Delivery Systems

1st Edition
June 18, 2025
Tanmay Sarkar + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Advances in Probiotic Delivery Systems: Strategies for Enhanced Viability, Targeted Delivery and Efficacy covers the complex world of probiotics, offering a comprehensive exploration of innovative delivery mechanisms designed to overcome challenges of stability and efficacy. From oral administration to alternative delivery routes, each chapter provides insights into cutting-edge formulation strategies, encapsulation techniques, and emerging technologies, equipping readers with the knowledge to explore the full potential of probiotics for health and wellness. Bridging the gap between theory and practice in probiotic delivery systems, this book delivers insights into the most effective delivery strategies.Despite the growing interest in probiotics and their potential health benefits, challenges such as poor stability and limited efficacy hinder their widespread application. This book fills this critical gap by providing readers with a thorough understanding of the underlying principles, latest advancements, and practical solutions in probiotic delivery. By consolidating the expertise of leading researchers and practitioners, the book empowers professionals across various industries to develop and implement effective probiotic formulations that make a difference in health outcomes.

Ligands for Targeted Drug Delivery

1st Edition
May 23, 2025
Vikas Pandey + 3 more
English
Paperback
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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.

Emerging Paradigms in Delivery Systems for Antitubercular Therapy

1st Edition
April 23, 2025
Rajeev Sharma + 3 more
English
Paperback
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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-ba... 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
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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-base... 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.

Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 1

1st Edition
March 28, 2025
Vijay Mishra + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume One: Fundamentals, Fabrication and Commercialization provides an overview of recent progress in the nanobiosystems arena, helping readers design and develop novel drug delivery systems and devices that take advantage of recent advances in nanomedical technologies. The book explores a wide range of promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases using the latest advancement in cutting-edge nanomedical technologies. It highlights established research and technology on intelligent nanobiosystems, their rapidly emerging aspects, and future research directions. Sections cover nanobiosystems, explore nano candidates and fabrication aspects, and delve into the challenges of commercialization.Th... book will be a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology as well as medical professionals, biologists, chemists, materials scientists, clinical researchers, biochemical and biomedical engineers working both in academia and industry.

Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 2

1st Edition
March 28, 2025
Vijay Mishra + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 2: Applications of Intelligent Nanobiosystems provides recent progress in the nanobiosystems arena, helping readers better design and develop novel drug delivery systems and devices that take advantage of recent advances in nanomedical technologies. The book explores a wide range of promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases using the latest advancements in cutting-edge nanomedical technologies. This updated volume includes chapters by experts in the field, featuring an exploration of targeted therapy and drug delivery systems, analytical and imaging tools, theranostics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicines, dentistry tools and modern developments.This book will be a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology industries as well as medical professionals, biologists, chemists, materials scientists, clinical researchers, and biochemical and biomedical engineers working both in industry and academia.

An Overview of FDA Regulated Products

2nd Edition
March 26, 2025
Eunjoo Pacifici + 1 more
English
Paperback
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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.

Lipid-Drug Conjugates

1st Edition
March 17, 2025
Malay K. Das
English
Paperback
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Lipid-Drug Conjugates: Innovation and Applications highlights the most recent advances and clinical applications of nano lipid-drug conjugates for enhanced drug delivery and targeting in the treatment of cancer, glioblastoma, Alzheimer’s, AIDS, and bacterial diseases. In addition, various conjugation methods to prepare lipid-drug conjugates and their pharmacokinetics in vivo are explored, together with the production and characterization of various delivery carriers for lipid-drug conjugates. The contents of this book provide pharmaceutical science researchers with the tools to explore targeted drug delivery leveraging the unique characteristics of lipid conjugates. Scientists in the corporate setting can benefit of the cases and techniques presented in developing new formulations and products.

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