The main objective of Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis is to offer not only an intermediate level of coverage for the convenient analysis of pure pharmaceutical substances and their respective dosage forms wherever applicable. The present copious textual compilation of information is solely intended to narrow down the apparently wide gap existing between the available basic texts and the extremely specific research papers from various scientific journals. The contents of this textbook have been meticulously designed to provide fundamentals of various disciplines embodying pharmaceutical drug analysis specifically for the under-graduate students. It will also be useful to the graduate students studying modern methods of pharmaceutical analysis to a great extent. Particular emphasis has been laid on the pharmaceutical substances that are specially found in the Official Compendia. It will also cater to scientists and investigators, working in other fields of pharmaceutical sciences who wish to update their personal wealth of knowledge and understanding of the intricacies of modern methods of Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis. Enough literature has been cited at the end of each chapter under Recommended Readings so as to enable the reader to follow up a particular topic with ease.

Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis will prove to be a valuable and indispensable guide to those working in Research & Development Laboratories, Quality Assurance Laboratories as well as Drug Testing Laboratories where either new product are being developed or routine analyses are carried out. Academicians and researchers engaged in the evaluation of pharmaceutical drug substances either in pure or dosage forms will also enormously benefit from ‘Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis’ by virtue of its ultimate goal of maintaining very high standards of quantitative analysis. Finally, I wish to record here my special thanks to the numerous colleagues and friends who have not only extended their invaluable help by providing me with relevant sources of material but also by taking an active participation in the discussion of various chapters. It is hoped that ‘Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis’ will soon prove to be an invaluable guide to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and to my esteemed colleagues in the teaching profession. Those working in Research & Development Laboratories, Quality Assurance Laboratories and Drug Testing laboratories will also find the book helpful in solving many of their intricate problems.

Since the Second World War a rapid development of pharmaceutical chemicals, and ultimately drugs, has made a quantum progress. Medicinal chemists, pharmacologists, biochemists, analytical chemists and medical professionals have paved the way with their single goal objective to combat the sufferings of human beings. In this integrated effort the role of an analyst the chemical purity of pharmaceutical substances and drugs made therefrom and finally the dosage forms that are usually available for direct patient’s usage, has become not only extremely crucial but also equally important and vital. As on date product safety has to be an integral part of all product research in pharmaceutical substances. However, the risk-beneft-ratio has got to be pegged to a bare minimum level.

Best Regards,
Nancy Ella
Associate Managing Editor
Drug Designing: Open Access