Remington : the science and practice of pharmacy / edited by Adeboye Adejare.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adejare, Adeboye, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Drugs.

Pharmacology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pharmacology.

Pharmacy--Practice--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pharmacy.

Medical Subjects:

Pharmacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Twenty-third edition.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2021]

Summary:

"Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, Twenty Third Edition, offers a trusted, completely updated source of information for education, training, and development of pharmacists. Published for the first time with Elsevier, this edition includes coverage of biologics and biosimilars as uses of those therapeutics have increased substantially since the previous edition. Also discussed are formulations, drug delivery (including prodrugs, salts, polymorphism. With clear, detailed color illustrations, fundamental information on a range of pharmaceutical science areas, and information on new developments in industry, pharmaceutical industry scientists, especially those involved in drug discovery and development will find this edition of Remington an essential reference"--Publisher's description

Contents:

Section 1: Introduction. History of pharmacy

Integrated approach to drug nomenclature

Section 2: Natural products. Botanical dietary products

Natural products and derivatives as human drugs

Medicinal Cannabis: an overview for health-care providers

Section 3: Pharmaceutical chemistry. Pharmaceutical chemistry

Structure-activity relationships and drug design

Pharmaceutical profiling

Prodrugs

Fundamentals of medical radionuclides

Section 4: Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics. The science of pharmacokinetics: an overview and applications

Principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Therapeutic drug monitoring

Model-informed drug development and discovery: an overview of current practices

Section 5: Pharmaceutics. Preformulation

Powder characterization

Salt selection

Physical form

Solid oral dosage forms

Liquid dosage forms

Medicated topicals

Section 6: Biopharmaceutics. Biotechnology and drugs

Therapeutic antibody discovery

Therapeutic antibody development

Remington chapter

Gene and cell therapy

Protein drug production and formulation

Section 7: Pharmaceutical materials and devices/industrial pharmacy. Coating of pharmaceutical dosage forms

Ophthalmic preparations

Parenteral preparations

Pulmonary, nasal, and topical aerosol drug delivery systems

Nanotechnology

Pharmaceutical excipients

Hot-melt extrusion: a versatile technology

Process validation in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Section 8: Topics in translational research. Translational research

from basic science to an approved therapeutic

an overview

Translation of gene therapies

Large-scale molecular profiling approaches facilitating translational medicine: genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics

Neurobiologic correlates of depression: illustration of challenges in bench-to-bedside translation

Section 9: Pharmacy practice. Pharmacy and patient centered care

Medication safety and medication error prevention

Substance use disorders

Global trends in pharmacy practice

Value-based payment models involving pharmaceutical services

Role of the pharmacist in research

Trends in nutrition practice

Medication disposal

Pharmacist use of point-of-care testing to improve access to care

Specialty pharmacy services

Pharmacy involvement in medical missions

Pharmacists' role in infectious pandemics: illustration with COVID-19

Section 10: Pharmaceutical outcomes and policy. Health policy and pharmacy

Implementation and evaluation of pharmacy services

Pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance

Pharmacoeconomics

Laws governing the practice of pharmacy

Drug distribution system

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

print version

ISBN:

9780128200070

9780128223895

0128223898