Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. Development, Manufacturing, and Regulation

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients is an unparalleled guide to the development, manufacturing, and regulation of the preparation and use of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) globally.

This guide presents the quality control regulations for APIs that have been added or amended since the first edition. These updates help ensure that pharmaceutical professionals and drug manufacturers meet the established and required guidelines set forth by the US and international regulatory industries.

New features:

• chapters on safety, efficacy, and environmental/regulatory requirements
• analysis of the recent movement of API manufacturing from the US and Europe to countries such as India and China
• discussions on both US and international regulatory requirements
• information about the FDA’s intensified foreign inspection program
• data on multi-use and flexible design facilities
• the shift from maintenance scheduling to built-in reliability