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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Advanced Drug ForAdvanced Drug Formulation Design to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes by Robert O. Williams III, David R. Taft, Jason T. McConville

30 June 2011
Thursday 02:10 PM
Banaras
Here is another interesting book for drug formulation. Hope that you will enjoy reading it.
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Advanced Drug ForAdvanced Drug Formulation Design to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes by Robert O. Williams III, David R. Taft, Jason T. McConville
This title demonstrates how advanced formulation designs and delivery technologies can be used to improve
drug efficacy and treatment outcomes in particular therapeutic categories or disease states.  It discusses nanoparticle systems for cancer treatments, and also presents cutting edge immono-regulation agents  for transplantation and the local targeting of drugs, especially poorly water soluble drugs to provide enhanced therapeutic outcomes. In addition, this title highlights areas of therapy showing the most promise for improvement in clinical outcomes via advanced formulation design.


Pharmaceutical Project Management 2nd Ed. by Tony Kennedy

30th June 2011
Thursday 02:00 PM
Project Management is the most important aspect to start any industry. This book outlines the key objectives, risks, and challenges of each stage of the pharmaceutical lifecycle, from discovery and preclinical phases through manufacturing and launch.I hope that this book may be useful to the professionals engaged in pharmaceutical industry. It will certainly help to manage their project meeting. Wish you happy reading.
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Pharmaceutical Project Management by Tony Kennedy
Drawing on the experience of project managers from international pharmaceutical companies, this work reviews up-to-date strategic, operational and organizational procedures for drug development in today's competitive industry. It includes details of how target product profiles are established and used to direct drug development; and project definition and risk management, including analytical techniques and asset valuation at the project and portfolio levels. 

Monday, June 27, 2011

Pharmacy Case Studies by Soraya Dhillon and Rebekah Raymond

27th June 2011
Monday 03:10 PM
Banaras
Dear students this book will help you to take an integral approach to pharmacy via a series of pharmacy cases.
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Pharmacy Case Studies by Soraya Dhillon and Rebekah Raymond
Whilst most pharmacy undergraduate texts are subject specific, "Pharmacy Case Studies" encourages students to take an integral approach to pharmacy via a series of pharmacy cases. Knowledge gained within the individual areas of law and ethics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology and pathology are tested by each example, bringing together all areas taught on the degree course. Each chapter contains five case studies, starting with uncomplicated cases and increasing in complexity as they expand.

Principles of Organic Medicinal Chemistry by Rama Rao Nadendla

27th June 2011
Monday 02:28 PM
Banaras
This is also a very useful book for the undergraduate pharmacy students. Written in very simple language this book can be used as textbook.
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Principles of Organic Medicinal Chemistry by Rama Rao Nadendla
The book Principles of Organic Medicinal Chemistry describes the principles and concepts of chemistry, synthetic schemes, structure activity relationships, mechanism of action and clinical uses of carbon compounds in the light of modern trends. This book comprises of 22 chapters. Chapter 1 gives an introduction to medicinal chemistry, Chapter 2 explain about the basics on principles of drug action and physicochemical properties of organic medicinal, substances are elaborated in Chapter 3. The concepts of Prodrugs and Drug metabolism are summarized in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 respectively. Chapter 6 to Chapter 22 explains chemistry, properties, mechanism of action, structure activity relationships, chemistry of newer drugs and clinical uses of various therapeutic agents. At the end of book, a set of more than 200 essays and short questions and 225 objective questions with answers are strategically designed.

Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 3rd Edition by Donald Carins

27th June 2011
Monday 02:04 PM
Barnaras
A useful book for anyone interested in chemistry of drugs and particularly for undergraduate students.
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Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Donald Carins
It covers the core information required by pharmacy students to understand the action of modern drugs on the human body.The third edition is larger than the previous edition and includes a new chapter on licensing of drugs and medicines which describes the make up and function of important committees such as the Commission of Human Medicines and the British Pharmacopoeia Commission. This includes material that is within the public domain and explains the process of getting a drug to market.The majority of the chapters include more worked examples/tutorial examples and the chapter on Analytical spectroscopy has been updated to include "qualitative" spectroscopic methods especially NMR, mass spectroscopy and some IR and the chapter on Stability of drugs and medicines has been updated to include a major section on "prodrugs" which are inactive compounds designed to decompose within the body to release the active moiety. 

Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry by William O. Foye, Thomas L. Lemke, David A. Williams

27th June 2011
Monday 01:38 PM
Banaras
Its summer vacation in the college just relaxing and enjoying the holiday. Here, is another gem of medicinal chemistry.
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Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry by William O. Foye, Thomas L. Lemke, David A. Williams
The Sixth Edition of this well-known text has been fully revised and updated to meet the changing curricula of medicinal chemistry courses. Emphasis is on patient-focused pharmaceutical care and on the pharmacist as a therapeutic consultant, rather than a chemist.A new disease state management section explains appropriate therapeutic options for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and men’s and women’s health problems. Also new to this edition: Clinical Significance boxes, Drug Lists at the beginning of appropriate chapters, and an eight-page color insert with detailed illustrations of drug structures.Case studies from previous editions and answers to this edition’s case studies will be available online at thePoint.
New section on Disease State Management (Part IV) helps students understand how asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and women’s and men health issues can be treated with appropriate
therapeutic options. 8-page color insert contains detailed illustrations of drug structures covered within the text. Clinical Significance boxes show students how the content in each of the chapters relates to effective pharmaceutical care. Drug Lists at the beginning of appropriate chapters are bulleted lists that provide students with a summary of the drugs covered within the chapter.


Wilson and Gisvold's Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry by John H. Block , John M. Beale Jr.

27th June 2011
Monday 12:53 PM
Banaras
Many of my students requested for this famous book of pharmaceutical chemistry. Dear friends here is your request.
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Wilson and Gisvold's Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry  by John H. Block , John M. Beale Jr.
For over half a century, this book has served the discipline of medicinal chemistry for both graduate and undergraduate pharmacy and chemistry students as well as practicing pharmacists. Fully updated for the Eleventh Edition, coverage begins with the fundamental principles of chemistry, biochemistry, and biology that underlie the discipline of medicinal chemistry. These principles are then applied to understanding the properties, mode of action, therapeutic applications, and limitations of various pharmaceutical agents. The subject matter is organized by pharmaceutical and therapeutic classes, providing a bridge between the basic sciences and clinical practice. The text contains many tables for quick reference to names, formulations, dosages, and applications.

Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, 6th Ed. (6 Volume Set)

27th June 2011
Monday 11:25 AM
Banaras
Certainly this book is the bible for the students and researchers of pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. This book comprising the six volumes.

Volume 1 : Drug Discovery

Volume 2: Drug Discovery and Drug Development

Volume 3: Cardiovascular Agents and Endocrines

Volume 4: Autocoids, Diagnostics, and Drugs from New Biology

Volume 5 : Chemotherapeutic Agents

Volume 6: Nervous System Agents
Download Links:
Volume 1: http://w13.easy-share.com/1701877853.html
Volume 2: http://w14.easy-share.com/1701883178.html
Volume 3: http://w13.easy-share.com/1701897368.html
Volume 4: http://w13.easy-share.com/1701897679.html
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Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery (Six Volume Set)
This new sixth edition of Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery offers several new and unique features. For the first time, an online version of this major reference work will offer updated content from the print edition and easy access. For the first time, all volumes are structured entirely according to content and published simultaneously to provide broad coverage of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery for new or experienced medicinal chemists, biologists, pharmacologists and molecular biologists. This includes a current and global perspective of drug design, and drug development.With expanded content from 69 chapters to over 100 chapters, this sixth edition of Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery includes more than 50ew material. An entire section has been dedicated to cancer research. Areas included are those at the foreground of life science including:
* Proteomics
* Genomics
* Bioinformatics
* Combinatorial Chemistry
* High-Throughput Screening
* Blood Substitutes
* Allosteric Effectors as Potential Drugs
* COX Inhibitors
* Statins
* High-Throughput Pharmacology and More. 

The new 6th ed. of Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery is a Memorial Edition to Professor Alfred Burger who published this major reference work in the first edition as "Medicinal Chemistry" in two volumes in 1951. Dr. Burger's research focused on analgesics, antidepressants and chemotherapeutic agents.
He is one of the few academicians to have a drug, designed and synthesized in his laboratories and brought to
market. Dr. Burger's contribution to the fields of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery are well renowned and documented. He received the Louis Pasteur Medal of the Pasteur Institute and the American Chemical Society Smissman Award.
 



Sunday, June 26, 2011

Pharmaceutical Process Engineering by by Anthony J. Hickey and David Ganderton

26th June 2011
Saturday 8:38 AM
Banaras
In chemical engineering and related fields (Exp. pharmaceuticals), a unit operation is a basic step in a process. Whereas a process may have many unit operations to obtain the desired product.
Chemical engineering unit operations consist of five classes:
*Fluid flow processes, including fluids transportation, filtration, solids fluidization
*Heat transfer processes, including evaporation, condensation
*Mass transfer processes, including gas absorption, distillation, extraction, adsorption, drying
*Thermodynamic processes, including gas liquefaction, refrigeration
*Mechanical processes, including solids transportation, crushing and pulverization, screening and sieving
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Pharmaceutical Process Engineering by Anthony J. Hickey and David
Summarizing fundamental engineering principles and operations critical to converting bulk pharmaceutical products into patient-ready and appropriate drug delivery dosage forms, Pharmaceutical Process Engineering facilitates comprehensive understanding of the practical aspects of drug production in an accessible, step-by-step format. It provides a pharmaceutical perspective on unit operations that improves communication among diverse professionals in the field-from pharmaceutical researchers to chemical and industrial engineers-and fully covers the relationship of pharmaceutical development to the application of key concepts and major unit operations in pharmaceutical engineering.
Pharmaceutical Process Engineering makes a noteworthy reference for industrial, research, and clinical pharmaceutical scientists; chemical and industrial engineers; biologists and toxicologists; biostatisticians; analytical chemists; and quality control, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance managers; and serves as an essential text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Drug-Drug Interactions, 2nd Edition by David Rodrigues

25th June 2011
Friday 09:25 PM
Banaras
Over the past many years the field of drug-drug interactions has turned up into a major focus of basic and clinical research as a result of our better knowledge of the mechanisms of drug metabolism and how the drugs can act as inhibitors or inducers of various drug-metabolizing enzymes.
Here is the book which deals with the drug-drug interactions.
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Drug-Drug Interactions, 2nd Edition by David Rodrigues
This book certainly helps researchers to predict drug interactions in a more accurate and effective manner, this comprehensive volume covers every critical aspect of metabolism-based drug-drug interactions, including preclinical, clinical, toxicological, regulatory, and marketing perspectives by renowned thought leaders in their respective fields. Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition reflects key developments in the field, including an improved understanding of the relationship between transporters and enzymes in drug metabolism and drug interactions.



Handbook of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations, 2nd Edition: ( Six-Volume Set ) by Sarfaraz K. Niazi,

25th June 2011
Friday 04:30 PM
Banaras
Friends here is an authoritative and practical guide to both the art and science of formulating drugs. This book deals with all the details of generic as well as proprietary formulations. Following is the link.
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Handbook of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations, 2nd Edition (Six-Volume Set) 
An authoritative and practical guide to both the art and science of formulating drugs, this Second Edition six-volume set compiles valuable information from a lifetime of experience in formulating these products, from open-source regulatory resources worldwide, generic and proprietary formulations available through the Freedom of Information Act, excipient manufacturer’s suggestions, and issues patents and pending patent applications worldwide to cover the broad spectrum of issues involved in creating commercial dosage forms.

Modern Phytomedicine: Turning Medicinal Plants into Drugs by Iqbal AhmadFarrukh and AqilMohammad Owais

25th June 2011
Saturday 07:18 AM
Banaras
Hi friends in the continuing pharmacognosy. Here is this book. In this timely and original handbook plant pharmacologists from around the world demonstrate the potentials and pitfalls involved in turning traditionally used medicinal plants into safe and effective drugs. A valuable source of otherwise unpublished information.
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Medicinal Plants into Drugs by Iqbal AhmadFarrukh  and AqilMohammad Owais 
This timely and original handbook paves the way to success in plant-based drug development,  systematically addressing the issues facing a pharmaceutical scientist who wants to turn a plant compound into a safe and effective drug. Plant pharmacologists from around the world demonstrate the potentials and pitfalls involved, with many of the studies and experiments reported here published for the first time. The result is a valuable source of information unavailable elsewhere.
Contents:
Bioactive Phytocompounds (BPs): New Approach on Modern Phytoscience
Quality Control, Screening, Toxicity and Regulations of Herbal Drugs
Herbal Medicine: Prospects and Constraints
Bioactive Phytocompounds and Products Traditionally used in Japan
Plant Extracts used to manage Bacterial, Fungal and Parasitic Infections in Southern Africa
Biological and Toxicological Properties of Moroccan Plant Extracts
Anti-MRSA and Anti-VRE Activities of Phytoalexin and Phytoncide Isolated from Tropical Plants
Methods for Testing the Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts
Targeted Screening of Bioactive Plant Extracts and Phytocompounds
Activity of Plant Extracts and Plant-derived Compounds against Drug-resistant Microorganisms
Alternative Holistic Medicinal Approach in Total Management of Hepatic Disorders
Traditional Plant and Herbal Remedies Used in the Treatment of Diarrhoeal Disease
Mutagenicity and Antimutagenic Potentials of Plant Extracts and Phytocompound
Potential of Plant-derived Products in the Treatment of Mycobacterial Infections
Ethnomedicinal Antivirals: Scope and Opportunity
Immunomodulatory Effects of Phytocompounds
Use of Liposomal Delivery System for Herbal-based Therapeutics



Friday, June 24, 2011

Comprehensive Pharmacy Review 7th Edition

24rth June 2011
Friday 10:37 PM
Banaras
Dear friends and my dear students Comprehensive Pharmacy Review may be used as a quick review or preview of essential topics by a diverse group of readers.It may be very helpful to those who are preparing for GPAT in India.
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Comprehensive Pharmacy Review  7th Edition
Completely revised to reflect current progress in pharmacy education and practice, the Seventh Edition of this best-selling review guide is indispensable for all pharmacy students, from the first year of professional courses to preparation for the NAPLEX® examination. A wide range of topics central to the study of pharmacy—chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacy practice, drug therapy—are organized to parallel the pharmacy curriculum and presented in outline form for easy use.

Atlas of Microscopy of Medicinal Plants, Culinary Herbs, and Spices by Betty P. Jackson and Derek W. Snowdon

24rth June 2011
Friday 08:02 PM
This book Atlas of Microscopy of Medicinal Plants, Culinary Herbs, and Spices is another book of  natural product and pharmcognosy. Mr.Chauhan, I hope that you would like to read it.
Although chemical methods of analysis, especially chromatography, are now accepted as standard techniques for the identification of many vegetable materials, microscopical structure is long established as providing a most useful and reliable criterion. Microscopy is particularly applicable to the exmaination of mixtures when individual components can readily be recognised whereas no satisfactory chromatographic identification would be possible. Microscopy also has the advantages of requiring only small quantities of the material and, once the technique has been acquired, a conclusion as to whether or not a sample is genuine can be reached very rapidly. This book is intended primarily for use in the verification of materials.
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Atlas of Microscopy of Medicinal Plants, Culinary Herbs, and Spices by Betty P. Jackson & Derek W. Snowdon 
As this book is intended primarily for use in the verification of materials, for ease of location we have  arranged the contents in alphabetical order according to their commonly accepted names.  We have also provided separate indices of Synonyms and Botanical Sources. All the drawings in this book have been made solely by ourselves from previously authenticated samples.  For the drugs and spices, which usually occur commercially in the powdered form, number 60 grade  powders were prepared for examination, but for the culinary herbs, which are more usually available in  the whole or broken condition, fragments of a suitable size were examined. The drawings were made at a  magnification of 500, using a camera lucida, from fresh mounts prepared as described in the section on  Practical Methods. In preparing the drawings our aim has been to illustrate the diagnostic characters for each material and we have excluded cell contents which are common to a morphological group but are not otherwise diagnostic, for example, aleurone grains and fixed oil globules in seeds. The descriptions, similarly, are intended to give a detailed account of the actual characters seen in the fragments rather than the full histology of the plant organ from which the materials are derived. We have quoted dimensions of cells and other particles only when they are of value in distinguishing  between closely similar materials.





Pharmacognosy 15th Edition byTrease and Evans

24rth June 2011
Friday 07:30 PM
Mr. Nagendra Chauhan lives in Gwalior. He is an alumni of of my Alma Mater Dept. of Pharm. Sc. Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar. He has requested books on pharmacognosy. Well, here is the link of your book Mr. Chauhan. Please download it and enjoy reading.
 
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Pharmacognosy byTrease and Evans
Trease and Evans' is an encyclopedic reference work on pharmacognosy - the study of those natural substances, principally plants, that find a use in medicine. Its popularity and longevity stem from the book's balance between classical (crude and powdered drugs' characterization and examination) and modern (phytochemisty and pharmacology) aspects of this branch of science, as well as the editor's recognition in recent years of the growing importance of complementary medicines, including herbal, homeopathic and aromatherapy.

Pharmacokinetic 2nd Edition by Milo Gibaldi and Donald Perrier

23rd June 2011
Friday 04:12 PM
Pharmacokinetics is the study of the time course of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. It also concerns the relationship of these processes to the intensity and time course of pharmacologic (therapeutic and toxicologic) effects of drugs and chemicals. Pharmacokinetics is a quantitative study that requires a preexisting competence in mathematics at least through calculus. It is also a biologic study and can be very useful to the biomedical scientist.
Friends , here is the link of a very good book of pharmacokinetics by Gibaldi.
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Pharmacokinetic by Milo Gibaldi  and Donald Perrier
The most commonly employed approach to the pharmacokinetic characterization of a drug is to represent the body as a system of compartments, even though these compartments usually have no physiologic or anatomic reality, and to assume that the rate of transfer between compartments and the rate of drug elimination from compartments follow first-order or linear kinetics.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Quality (Pharmaceutical Engineering Series), Volume 2 by Kate McCormick

23rd June 2011
Thursday 01:04 PM
Quality in general is defined as the non-inferiority or superiority of something. Whereas quality in the pharmaceutical industry means working to balance the demands of meeting global regulations and production costs, in an effort to produce the most innovative research and development while also producing safe, reliable and superior therapeutic drugs.
Here I am uploading the link of the book which is useful to the pharmaceutical professionals.
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Quality (Pharmaceutical Engineering Series), Volume 2 by Kate McCormick
The Pharmaceutical Engineering Series is a comprehensive reference for the pharmaceutical professional covering all aspects from quality, documentation and validation through manufacturing processes to facility design and management. In ’Quality’, Dr Kate McCormick provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of this vital subject, including the quality life cycle, management and cost of quality, GMP, auditing and inspections. This book with the others in the series will become a unique source of reference and educational material for the readership.
Case studies and examples make the book of direct practical relevance to the professional in the pharmaceutical industry Find the answers you are looking for quickly and easily with clear indexing and referencing Reference to international standards and practice mean this book will be useful wherever you are working

Pharmaceutical Packaging Technology by D. A. Dean, E. R. Evans and I. H. Hall

23rd June 2011
Thursday 10:36 PM
Packaging is defined as the collection of different components which surround the pharmaceutical product from the time of production until its use. Importance of packaging
• Protect against all adverse external influences that can alter the properties of the product.
• Protect against biological contamination.
• Protect against physical damage.
• Carry the correct information and identification of the product.
• Tamper evident / Child resistance / Anti counterfeiting.
Well here is a book about the pharmaceutical packaging technology.
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Pharmaceutical Packaging Technology  by D. A. Dean, E. R. Evans and I. H. Hall
Pharmaceutical packaging is regarded an integral part of the end pharmaceutical product/drug product.
Pharmaceutical Packaging Technology is structured to meet the needs of the global market, and assesses a wide range of current knowledge, catering for the requirements of the pharmaceutical industry as well as for pharmaceutical companies in emerging nations who are still seeking a basic grounding in the subject. The author integrates information on many drug delivery systems, where the packaging is an essential component of the product, to produce a book for all those dealing with the topic.


Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing by Christopher A Langley and Dawn Belcher

23rd June
Thursday 10:10 AM
To help the undergraduate students for better understanding of the subject. This book has been designed to assist the student compounder in understanding the key dosage forms encountered within extemporaneous dispensing.
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Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing by Christopher A Langley  and Dawn Belcher
This book provides readers with a handy and useful guide to preparing accurate and effective pharmaceutical
compounds and extemporaneous preparations. This is certainly written for students of pharmacy, but it is also useful for working pharmacists as a handy reference when they need to recall how to prepare/compound different dosage forms. Calculation examples and self assessment questions are a nice feature, particularly for
pharmacy students.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Pharmaceutics - Dosage Form and Design by Jones, David

22nd June 2011
Wednesday 09:52 PM
For an undergraduate student of pharmacy I hope this book on pharmaceutics is a very useful. As it provides the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy students wanting to study and test themselves for exams.
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Pharmaceutics - Dosage Form and Design by Jones, David
This book focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs.This FASTtrack book covers the vast majority of dosage forms that graduate pharmacists will encounter when they enter professional practice. Essential information concerning the formulation of these dosage forms is delivered in a format that will aid the understanding and remove the complexities of the various topics. Covering all areas of the pharmacy degree, the first titles in the series include:

Principles of Fermentation Technology By P F Stanbury, A. Whitaker, S.J. Hall

22nd June 2011
Wednesday 01:59 PM
Fermentation is an integral part of pharmaceutical technology. The Term 'fermentation' is derived from the Latin verb fervere, to boil, thus describing the appearance of the action of yeast on extracts of fruit or malted grain. The boiling appearence is due to the production of carbonn di oxide caused by the anerobic catabolism of the sugars present in the extract. Here this one is the finest book about fermentation technology.Hope that you will enjoy reading it.
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Principles of Fermentation Technology 2nd Edition by P. F. Stanbury, A. Whitaker, S.J. Hall
This second edition has been thoroughly updated to include recent advances and developments in the field of fermentation technology, focusing on industrial applications. The book now covers new aspects such as recombinant DNA techniques in the improvement of industrial micro-organisms, and includes comprehensive information on fermentation media, sterilization procedures, inocula, and fermenter design. Chapters on effluent treatment and fermentation economics are also incorporated. The text is supported by numerous clear, informative diagrams. The book is of great interest to final year and post-graduate students of applied biology, biotechnology, microbiology, biochemical and chemical engineering.
 

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The International Pharmacopoeia

21st June 2011
Tuesday 07:59 AM
Hello readers, hope you all doing well in your professional field. This post gives you a brief review of International Pharmacopoeia published by WHO. As we all know that international pharmacopoeia plays an important role in the pharmaceutical industry for registrations and regulations of drug products or substances. So it is a very important book of industrial pharmacists particularly.
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International Pharmacopoeia
The International Pharmacopoeia 1 (Ph. Int.) comprises a collection of recommended procedures for analysis and specifications for the determination of pharmaceutical substances (active ingredients and excipients) and dosage forms that is intended to serve as source material for reference or adaptation by any WHO Member State wishing to establish pharmaceutical requirements. The pharmacopoeia, or any part of it, shall have legal status, whenever a national or regional authority expressly introduces it into appropriate legislation.
History: The history of The International Pharmacopoeia dates back to 1874 when the need to standardize terminology and to specify dosages and composition of drugs led to attempts to produce an international pharmacopoeial compendium. The first conference, called by the Belgian Government and held in Brussels in 1902, resulted in the Agreement for the Unification of the Formulae of Potent Drugs, which was ratified in 1906 by 19 countries. The outcome considerably influenced the subsequent publication of national pharmacopoeias.
First edition: 
The Third World Health Assembly, held in May 1950, formally approved the publication of the Pharmacopoea Internationalis and recommended, in accordance with Article 23 of the WHO Constitution, “the eventual inclusion of its provisions by the authorities responsible for the pharmacopoeias”. It was thus recommended that the Pharmacopoea Internationalis was not intended to be a legal pharmacopoeia in any country unless adopted by the pharmacopoeial authority of that country. From that moment the World Health Organization constituted the Permanent International Pharmacopoeia Secretariat. The first edition, published with the aim of creating a worldwide, unified pharmacopoeia, relied on collaboration with national pharmacopoeia commissions for its preparation. It was published in two volumes (1951 and 1955) and a supplement (1959) in English, French and Spanish, and was also translated into German and Japanese. Altogether, it included 344 monographs on drug substances, 183 monographs on dosage forms (capsules, injections, tablets and tinctures) and 84 tests, methods, and general requirements.
A large number of national pharmacopoeias and official lists were examined and assistance was also obtained from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) to determine the selection of substances and products to be described in the pharmacopoeia. Latin was chosen for the monograph titles because of its distinction as an international language. Experts collaborated with the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization with regard to biological products, and with those working in specific divisions, e.g. malaria, maternal and child health, mental health, and venereal diseases, to help collate the required information.
Second edition: 
The second edition was published in 1967 as Specifications for the Quality Control of Pharmaceutical Preparations, with a subtitle classifying it as the second edition of The International Pharmacopoeia. Owing to the development of new analytical techniques such as infrared spectroscopy, chromatography (column, paper and thin-layer), non-aqueous titration, and radioactivity, the second edition incorporated numerous alterations and constituted a revision of the first edition. The selection of monographs and appendices was based largely on the availability, at the time of preparation, of specifications intended for publication in national pharmacopoeias and in other volumes of specifications for pharmaceutical quality control. Specifications for 162 pharmaceutical preparations not included in the first edition were introduced in the second edition, while 114 monographs were deleted, based on feedback from the first edition. New analytical methods were also added. The specifications and methods in the monographs were tested in a number of national pharmacopoeial and pharmaceutical quality control laboratories, in pharmaceutical manufacturers’ laboratories, and at various pharmacopoeial institutes.
Third Edition: 
Since 1979, the drugs appearing in The International Pharmacopoeia have been selected from the list of essential drugs based on the first report of the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection of Essential Drugs. Specifications are provided in the monographs for the identification, purity, and content of the essential drugs appearing in the WHO Model List of Essential Drugs, and their updates.
The third edition eventually consisted of five volumes: Volume 1 contained general methods of analysis; Volumes 2 and 3, quality specifications for the majority of essential drug substances in the WHO Model List of Essential Drugs and Volume 4, information on tests, methods, and general requirements and quality specifications for pharmaceutical substances, excipients, and dosage forms. Volume 5, the final volume, contained tests and general requirements for dosage forms and quality specifications for pharmaceutical substances and tablets, which practically completed the list of monographs for active pharmaceutical substances, and a section on antimalarial drug substances and their most widely used dosage forms.


The European Pharmacopoeia - 4th Edition

2oth June
Monday 01:28 PM
Well in continuation with the pharmacopoeias here, I am uploading the European Pharmacopoeia.
 
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The European Pharmacopoeia - 4th Edition
The European Pharmacopoeia is a single reference work for the quality control of medicines in Europe. Several legal texts make the European Pharmacopoeia mandatory:A Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia ratified in 2003 by 31 European countries and the European Union; European Union directives 2001/83/EC and 2001/82/EC,on medicines for human use and for veterinary use, respectively, maintain the mandatory character of European Pharmacopoeia specifications on medicines as regards their qualitative and quantitative composition and the tests to be carried out on these medicines, the raw materials used in production and the intermediates of synthesis. All producers of medicines or substances for pharmaceutical use therefore must apply the quality standards of the European Pharmacopoeia for the marketing and use of these products in Europe. The texts of the European Pharmacopoeia are legally binding and compliance is enforced by the administrative or juridical authorities. The national authorities of the member states are bound to apply them if necessary replacing any national monograph on the same subject. The 4th Edition consists of an initial volume 2002 (4.0) and a collection of 8 non-cumulative supplements (4.1) published three times a year following the decisions of each session of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission. With supplement 4.6, the 4th Edition comprises 1750 specific monographs, 285 general methods illustrated by figures or chromatograms and 2140 reagents. Every 4 months a new volume enters into force.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

The United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary (USP–NF)-30

19th June 2011
Sunday 07:49 PM
It is raining heavily today. Due to water logging on the road I was unable to go anywhere. Relaxing and enjoying the rainfall. Drinking a number of cups of hot coffee.
Well friends, another very popular Pharmacopoeia is The United States Pharmacopoeia which come along with National Formulary. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is the official pharmacopeia of the United States, published dually with the National Formulary as the USP-NF. The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP) is the nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and copyright to the USP-NF and publishes it every year. Prescription and over–the–counter medicines and other health care products sold in the United States are required to follow the standards in the USP-NF. USP also sets standards for food ingredients and dietary supplements.

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United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary (USP–NF 30):
The United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary (USP–NF) is a book of public pharmacopeial standards. It contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, medical devices, and dietary supplements. Monographs and General Chapters The USP–NF is a three volume combination of two official compendia, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the  National Formulary (NF). Monographs for drug substances and preparations are featured in the USP.
Monographs for dietary supplements and ingredients appear in a separate section of the USP. Excipient monographs are in the NF. A monograph includes the name of the ingredient or preparation; the definition; packaging, storage, and labeling requirements; and the specification. The specification consists of a series of tests, procedures for the tests, and acceptance criteria. These tests and procedures require the use of official USP Reference Standards. Medicinal ingredients and products will have the stipulated strength, quality, and purity if they conform to the requirements of the monograph and relevant general chapters.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Biotechnology, 2nd Edition, 12 Vol. Set by Hans-Jürgen Rehm, Gerald Reed, Alfred Pühler, Peter Stadler

18th June 2011
Saturday 01:45 PM
The monsoon has ultimately arrived in Banaras. There is water logging in almost all over the city. But of course it has given relief from unbearable heat. Today I am commenting about a very famous book "Biotechnology, 12 Volume Set" edited by Hans-Jürgen Rehm, Gerald Reed, Alfred Pühler, Peter Stadler. It contains 11000 printed pages in 500 contributions written by 300 authors from 25 countries. The Biotechnology series is extremely well accepted by the scientific community. Impressive examples are book reviews published by internationally renowned journals. Indeed it a proud to be the owner of this book.
Here it the download link for each volume.

This book is divided into following volumes.

Vol. 1 Biological Fundamentals
Download Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/46934690/Biotechnology-Vol-01-Biological-Fundamentals


Vol. 2 Genetic Fundamental and Genetic Engineering
Download Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/46957474/Biotechnology-Vol-02-Genetic-Fundamentals-and-Genetic-Engineering

 

Vol. 3 Bioprocessing
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Vol. 4 Measuring, Modelling, and Control

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Vol. 5a Recombinant Proteins, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Therapeutic Genes
Download Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/47037210/Biotechnology-Vol-05a-ant-Proteins-Monoclonal-Antibodies-Therapeutic-Genes-2nd-Ed
 


Vol. 5b Genomics and Bioinformatics
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Vol. 6 Products of Primary Metabolism
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Vol. 7 Products of Secondary Metabolism
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Vol. 8a Biotransformations I
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Vol. 8b Biotransformations II
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Vol. 9 Enzymes, Biomass, Food and Feed
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Vol. 10 Special Processes
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Vol. 11a Environmental Processes I - Wastewater Treatment
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Vol. 11b Environmental Processes II - Soil Decontamination
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Vol. 11c Environmental Processes III - Solid Waste and Waste Gas Treatment, Drinking Water Preparation
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Vol. 12 Legal, Economic, and Ethical Dimensions
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Biotechnology, (12 Vol. Set)  by Hans-Jürgen Rehm, Gerald Reed, Alfred Pühler, Peter Stadler
"This fully revised and expanded Second Edition takes into account all recent developments in biotechnology. It is extraordinarily broad in scope, up-to-date, carefully structured and well-balanced. Biotechnology considers both basic concepts and widely-differing industrial applications: it is a successful synthesis of theory and practice." Some of the reviews listed here.
"The twelve volumes of Biotechnology certainly belong in every biotech oriented library in universities, public and private institutes or in companies with any kind of biotech activity. Its topicality is remarkable and it is extraordinarily broad in scope and at the same time well structured." BioWorld
"Closely packed pages of practical information make it a most useful and handleable encyclopedia." Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
"This reference set provides systematic, up-to-date coverage in the dynamic and ever-expanding field of biotechnology." Science and Technology Book News
"Biotechnology, a well-known multivolume treatise, has established itself as a major reference work on all aspects of biotechnology." Biotechnology Advances

Friday, June 17, 2011

British Pharmacopoeia - 2009

17th June 2011
Friday 10:07 PM
Another very important Pharmacopoeia is British Pharmacopoeia commonly known as BP. It is one of oldest Pharmacopoeias of the world. Here is the pdf file of BP - 2009.
Please download it and enjoy reading.
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British Pharmacopoeia - 2009:
“The British Pharmacopoeia” (”BP”) 2009 is the authoritative, current collection of standards for UK medicinal substances and the official source of all UK pharmaceutical quality standards. It is an essential reference for anyone involved in pharmaceutical research, development, manufacture and testing, and plays a vital role in ensuring that all medicinal substances on the UK market meet standards of safety, quality and efficacy.The “BP” comprises monographs, which set out the mandatory standards for active substances, excipients and formulated preparations, together with supporting General Notices, Appendices (test methods, reagents, etc) and Reference Spectra. Detailed information and guidance on various aspects of current pharmacopoeial policy and practice are provided in the Supplementary Chapters of the “BP”.The “BP” is supplied in a variety of formats designed for ease of use and a wide range of applications. The hard copy edition comprises a five-volume boxed set containing the “BP” in four volumes and the “BP” (Veterinary) volume.  It includes: a significant number of new UK monographs; all “European Pharmacopoeia 6th Edition” material up to and including “Supplement 6.2″ integrated into the text of “BP 2009″; new and revised monographs for Complementary, Herbal and Homoeopathic medicines with their own section in Volume III; and networking with full technical support from TSO, the publisher of the “BP”. The on-line version delivers the complete text of the “British Pharmacopoeia and European Pharmacopoeia” standards to your PC. The new features include an alphabetical index, user-friendly search interface design, and a facility to create a ‘My BP’ section.
 

Remington -The Science and Practice of Pharmacy - 21st Edition

17th June 2011
Friday 04:17 PM
The Bible of Pharmacy as we used to talk about this most valuable book.Its none other than "Remington - The Science and Practice of Pharmacy." I still remember my days of B.Pharm. (1980 - 1984), it was a proud to be the owner of this book in those days.
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Remington -The Science and Practice of Pharmacy:
For over 100 years, Remington has been the definitive textbook and reference on the science and practice of pharmacy. This Twenty-First Edition keeps pace with recent changes in the pharmacy curriculum and professional pharmacy practice. More than 95 new contributors and 5 new section editors provide fresh perspectives on the field. New chapters include pharmacogenomics, application of ethical principles to practice dilemmas, technology and automation, professional communication, medication errors, re-engineering pharmacy practice, management of special risk medicines, specialization in pharmacy practice, disease state management, emergency patient care, and wound care. A must-have resource for all in the pharmaceutical industry! 


Contents:

I. Orientation

    Scope of Pharmacy
    Evolution of Pharmacy
    Ethics and Professionalism
    The Practice of Community Pharmacy
    Pharmacists in Industry
    Pharmacists in Government
    Pharmacists and Public Health
    Information Resources in Pharmacy and the Pharm. Sciences
    Clinical Drug Literature
    Research

II. Pharmaceutics

    Metrology and Pharmaceutical Calculations
    Statistics
    Molecular Structure, Properties, and States of Matter
    Complex Formation
    Thermodynamics
    Solutions and Phase Equilibria
    Ionic Solutions and Electrolytic Equilibria
    Tonicity, Osmoticity, Osmolality, and Osmolarity
    Chemical Kinetics
    Interfacial Phenomena
    Colloidal Dispersions
    Coarse Dispersions
    Rheology

III. Pharmaceutical Chemistry

    Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
    Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
    Natural Products
    Drug Nomenclature—United States Adopted Names
    Structure-Activity Relationship and Drug Design
    Fundamentals of Medical Radionuclides

IV. Pharmaceutical Testing, Analysis and Control

    Analysis of Medicinals
    Biological Testing
    Clinical Analysis
    Chromatography
    Instrumental Methods of Analysis
    Dissolution

V. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

    Separation
    Powders
    Property-Based Drug Design and Preformulation
    Solutions, Emulsions, Suspensions and Extracts
    Sterilization
    Parenteral Preparations
    Intravenous Admixtures
    Ophthalmic Preparations
    Medicated Topicals
    Oral Solid Dosage Forms
    Coating of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
    Extended-Release and Targeted Drug-Delivery Systems
    The New Drug Approval Process and Clinical Trial Design
    Biotechnology and Drugs
    Aerosols
    Quality Assurance and Control
    Stability of Pharmaceutical Products
    Bioavailability and Bioequivalency Testing
    Plastic Packaging Materials
    Pharmaceutical Necessities

VI. Pharmacodynamics

    Diseases: Manifestations and Pathophysiology
    Drug Absorption, Action and Disposition
    Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
    Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
    Principles of Immunology
    Adverse Drug Reactions and Clinical Toxicology
    Pharmacogenomics
    Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics in Drug Development

VII. Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Agents

    Diagnostic Drugs and Reagents
    Topical Drugs
    Gastrointestinal and Liver Drugs
    Blood, Fluids, Electrolytes and Hematological Drugs
    Cardiovascular Drugs
    Respiratory Drugs
    Sympathomimetic Drugs
    Cholinomimetic Drugs
    Adrenergic Antagonists and Adrenergic Neuron Blocking Drugs
    Antimuscarinic and Antispasmodic Drugs
    Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
    Diuretic Drugs
    Uterine and Antimigraine Drugs
    Hormones and Hormone Antagonists
    General Anesthetics
    Local Anesthetics
    Antianxiety Agents and Hypnotic Drugs
    Antiepileptic Drugs
    Psychopharmacologic Agents
    Analgesic, Antipyretic, and Anti-inflammatory Drugs
    Histamine and Antihistaminic Drugs
    Central Nervous System Stimulants
    Antineoplastic Drugs
    Immunoactive Drugs
    Parasiticides
    Immunizing Agents and Allergenic Extracts
    Anti-Infectives
    Enzymes
    Nutrients and Associated Substances
    Pesticides

VIII. Pharmacy Practice

Fundamentals of Pharmacy Administration

    Applications of Ethical Principles to Practice Dilemmas
    Technology and Automation
    The Patient: Behavioral Determinants
    Patient Communication
    Patient Compliance
    Drug Education
    Professional Communications
    The Prescription
    Providing a Framework for Ensuring Medication Use Safety
    Poison Control
    Drug Interactions
    Extemporaneous Prescription Compounding
    Nuclear Pharmacy Practice
    Nutrition in Pharmacy Practice
    Pharmacoepidemiology
    Surgical Supplies
    Health Accessories

Social, Behavioral, andEconomic, and Administrative Sciences

    Laws Governing Pharmacy
    Re-engineering Pharmacy Practice
    Pharmacoeconomics
    Community Pharmacy Economics and Management
    Product Recalls and Withdrawals
    Marketing Pharmaceutical Care Services
    Documenting, Billing, and Reimbursement for Pharmaceutical Care Services
    Pharmaceutical Risk Management
    Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems

Patient Care

    Specialization in Pharmacy Practice
    Pharmacists and Disease State Management
    Development of a Pharmacy Care Plan and Patient Problem-Solving
    Ambulatory Patient Care
    Self-Care
    Diagnostic Self-Care
    Preventive Care
    Hospital Pharmacy Practice
    Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Practice
    Long-Term Care
    Aseptic Processing for Home Infusion Pharmaceuticals
    The Pharmacist’s Role in Substance Use Disorders
    Complementary and Alternative Medical Health Care
    Chronic Wound Care

Index







Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference, 36th Edition (2-Volume Set)

17th June 2011
Friday 02:07PM
Last week I was out of station. I went several places as an external examiner. I feel sorry that majority of students are not taking the pharmacy course seriously. Well it is raining heavily today.The roads of Banaras has turned out to be swimming pool.The monsoon arrived in Banaras as per prediction.
Here another pearl of pharmacy book is Martindale: The Extra Pharmacopoeia. Hope that you will enjoy reading it. Here is the link to download it.
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Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference, 36th Edition (2-Volume Set):
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference is a reference book listing some 6,000 drugs and medicines throughout the world, including details of over 146,000 proprietary preparations. It also includes 668 disease treatment reviews. It was first published in 1883 under the title Martindale: The Extra Pharmacopoeia. Martindale contains information on drugs in clinical use worldwide, as well as selected investigational and veterinary drugs, herbal and complementary medicines, pharmaceutical excipients, vitamins and nutritional agents, vaccines, radiopharmaceuticals, contrast media and diagnostic agents, medicinal gases, drugs of abuse and recreational drugs, toxic substances, disinfectants, and pesticides.



Thursday, June 9, 2011

Indian Pharmacopoeia 2007

9th June 2011
Thursday 07:55 AM
Yesterday night I got a chance to chat on facebook with one of the alumni of my Alma Mater, Dept. of Pharm.Sc., Uinersity of Sagar Dr. Som Akshay Jain. He lives in Manchester, UK. We had a wonderful talk. Dr. Jain has requested me a great book of Indian Pharmacy that is none other that Indian Pharmacopoeia 3rd Edition 2007.That is one of the most demanding books by pharma professionals and academicians.
Well Dr. Somu, here is your request

IP Volume I, Download Link:  http://adf.ly/o3Qg 

IP Volume II, Download Link: http://adf.ly/o3TF

IP Volume III, Download Link: http://adf.ly/o3Tn

Indian Pharmacopoeia 2007 (Set of Three Volumes):
This new edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia entitled Indian Pharmacopoeia 2007 has been prepared by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) in accordance with a plan and completed through the untiring efforts of its members and its Secretariat over a period of about two years. This is the fifth edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia after independence. It supersedes the 1996 edition but any monograph of the earlier edition that does not figure in this edition continues to be official as stipulated in the second schedule of the drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The Indian Pharmacopoeia 2007 is presented in three volumes. Volume I contains the general notices, preface, the structure of the IPC, acknowledgements, introduction, and the general chapters. Volume 2 deals with the general monographs on drug substances, dosage forms and pharmaceutical aids (A to M). Volume 3 Contains Monographs on drug substances, dosage forms and pharmaceutical aids (N to Z) followed by monographs on vaccines and immunosera for human use, herbs and herbal products, blood and blood related products, biotechnology products and veterinary products. The scope of the pharmacopoeia has been extended to include products of biotechnology, indigenous herbs and herbal products, viral vaccines and additional antiretroviral drugs and formulations, inclusive of commonly used fixed-dose combinations. Standards for veterinary drugs and products that were published as a supplement to the previous edition of the Indian pharmacopoeia now form an integral part of this compendium. In an effort to make the pharmacopoeia more user-friendly, a drastic change has been made in the design of the texts of the monographs and of the test methods. Cross-referencing has been a avoided to make each monograph complete in itself thus making it convenient to the analyst performing the tests and to the ones checking the results of analyses. The multiplicity of fonts in the texts that was feature of earlier editions has been done away with making it easier to read the contents and ensuring uniformity of presentation of the subject matter. To assure the health care professionals patients and consumers of the standards of drug in India the Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Shri Naresh Dayal who is also the Chairman of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission released the Addendum 2008 to the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 2007. The Addendum contains amendments to IP 2007 and adds 73 new monographs on different therapeutic groups representing synthetic, herbals and biological drugs. While the amendments to the IP 2007 will come into force with immediate effect, the new monographs will become effective from 1st July 2009.