Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients

Biological Effects of Pharmaceutical Excipients
The Selection of Excipients for Injectable Formulations
The Selection of Excipients for Orally Inhaled Dosage Forms
The History of Excipients
The Use of Counterions and Coformers in the Creation of Salt and Co-Crystal forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)

Over 420 Monographs benefiting from a standardized, easy-to-use template including:
- pharmacopoeial information from the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States where relevant
- non-proprietary names and synonyms
- chemical name and structure, CAS Registry number, empirical formula, molecular weight
- functional category, applications and incompatibilities
- material description and typical excipient properties
- safety, stability, storage and handling information
- method of drug manufacture
- related substances
- primary references
- editorial comments
- author details and revision date

7 Appendices:
- Suppliers directory
- List of Monographs by Functional Category
- List of Related Substances
- List of Excipients by 'E' number
- List of Excipients by 'EINECS' number
- List of Excipients by 'CAS' number
- Pharmaceutical Excipients Assessed by the FDA Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS)

The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients is internationally recognised as the world’s most authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients. It provides you with a one stop resource when researching an excipient for use.

The 400+ monographs are also thoroughly cross referenced and indexed to allow their identification by chemical, non proprietary or trade names.

Extensive content updates in the new edition include:

• Over 420 fully referenced excipient monographs, many including IR, Raman, and NIR spectra
• 13 new monographs including several amino acids and hydrated silicon dioxide
• 250 existing monographs reviewed
• New chapters include excipient selection for orally inhaled and injectable formulations

Order your copy today and:

• Get the full picture on excipients - all the information you need on the physical properties of excipients
• Save research time - each monograph contains everything you need to ensure the correct excipient is selected
• Ease of use - monographs are thoroughly cross-referenced and indexed so that excipients can easily be identified by either a chemical, a non-proprietary or a trade name

Get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar areas with educational chapters on topics such as the characteristics of excipients in formulations